Errwood

Those who know my obsession with limekilns will understand why I had to dash straight out this afternoon after Eagle1942 drew my attention to a book that had a photograph of a kiln quite near to home that I did not know about.

This is a fine intermittent kiln at the side of the old road that ran down from the Whaley Bridge to Buxton turnpike to Errwood in the Goyt Valley. It is unusual in being situated in the gritstone area rather than nearer to the limestone quarries. It would, however, be able to take advantage of coal supplies from the numerous small mines in this area. Today the old road has been cut by the Errwood Reservoir that was constructed in the 1960s and motor traffic now uses the line of the Bunsall Inclines of the old Cromford and High Peak Railway.

The view is taken looking at the top of the kiln into the filled-in pot. Behind lies Errwood Reservoir and beyond the land rises to the Tors with Shining Tor off the left side.