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Disused limekilns adjacent to the River Don at Warmsworth Cliff Quarry. These large commercial draw kilns would have fed the burnt lime into keels for transportation across south Yorkshire. The roadway has clearly been built up significantly since the kilns became derelict

Disused limekilns adjacent to the River Don at Warmsworth Cliff Quarry. These large commercial draw kilns would have fed the burnt lime into keels for transportation across south Yorkshire.

The eastern bank of the River Don at Warmsworth was heavily quarried for limestone in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The river bank was lined by large numbers of limekilns from which the burnt lime was loaded directly into keels for transport over a wide area. Today most of the kilns are in a state of demolition and decay and can be hard to discern. However one large pair of running kilns has survived and the draw tunnel of one of these is accessible to see the two draw holes for the burnt lime.

Ghost sign on the old Co-op on Edlington Lane, Warmsworth.