🔥 Lime Kilns of the World

These are notable lime kilns — the small stone furnaces in which limestone was burned to quicklime for mortar, plaster, lime-wash and agricultural sweetening, scattered through every limestone country, from the field-side kilns of Ireland and Scotland to the drawn-up draw-kilns of the limestone belts, each a marker of the lime that built the walls around it. Each profile shows where the kiln stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

20 lime kilns from 3 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any lime kiln for its full profile.

Americas (14) Europe (6)

Americas (14 lime kilns)

Europe (6 lime kilns)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.