tarboat's photos with the keyword: waterhouses

Not all limekilns are massive stone structures. The Peak District and Staffordshire Moorlands have many more examples of intermittent earthen kilns. This one sits largely unnoticed in a field next to the Leek to Ashbourne Road at the top of the climb eastwards out of Waterhouses.

Inside the draw tunnel of the limekiln at Mere Hill near Waterhouses in the Staffordshire Moorlands. A kiln of this size was a surprise in this remote hilltop location and the transport of the coal to fire it and the finished product must have been difficult.