Limekilns

18th or very early 19th century limekilns at High Edge up above Buxton and Harpur Hill. This view has the remains of two earthen kilns, right and centre, with the waste mound to the left. These intermittent kilns were operated on a commercial basis and supplied lime into Cheshire and Lancashire. The raw stone came from the hillside behind and to the right, whilst coal was supplied from mines around Axe Edge and Goyt's Moss a short distance to the west.