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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 676
 Date Entered 14/01/2013
 Updated on 14/01/2013
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Mining Related
 Record Type Industrial Archaeology
 Site Access Public Footpath
 Record Date 12/01/2013
 Location Muker Side. Above Straw Beck.
 Civil Parish Muker
 Brit. National Grid SD 90323 97726
 Altitude 278m
 Geology Hardraw Scar Limestone.
 Record Name Muker Side. Straw Beck. Two adjacent ruined lime kilns, the eastern kiln.
 Record Description Collapsed lime kiln with small quarry on outcrop of the Hardraw Scar Limestone. One of two similar ruined kilns here. An old elder and a sallow grow from the top of this handsome relict of lime burning days. See also SWAAG Record 677.
 Dimensions See photos
 Image 1 ID 3956         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description The eastern of two adjacent kilns here.
 Image 2 ID 3957         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description An old elder and a sallow grow from the top of this handsome relict of lime burning days. See also SWAAG Record 677.See also SWAAG Record 677.
 Image 3 ID 3960         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description An old elder and a sallow grow from the top of this handsome relict of lime burning days. See also SWAAG Record 677.
 Image 4 ID 3958         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description The eastern kiln and small quarry above. See also SWAAG Record 677.
 Image 5 ID 3959         Click image to enlarge
 Image 5 Description An old elder and a sallow grow from the top of this handsome relict of lime burning days. See also SWAAG Record 677.
 
 
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