Name: Beehive Lime Kiln at Old Kiln Lakes
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Location: Chinnor, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Stokenchurch BT Tower – Juniper Bank loop from Saunderton

25.1km

03:04

570m

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2. The Upper Icknield Way – St Andrew's Church, Chinnor loop from Watlington

23.4km

02:37

190m

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3. Princes Risborough Golf Club – Saunderton Railway Crossing loop from Monks Risborough

29.6km

03:25

310m

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December 1, 2018

In 1908 a Mr W.E. Benton established a small lime manufacturing works at this foot of the Chiltern escarpment for the production of lump lime for agriculture and construction. This is the last remaining of five such flare-kilns used for lime burning that once produced up to 240 tons of lump lime per week until production ceased in 1938.

The dome of the kiln rises about 6 metres from a brick base and is a bottle or bee-hive shape and with a large semi-circular arch on the NW side within which is three stoking holes on SE side. It is now a Grade II listed building and apart from the deep water-filled quarries, is the only sign of a once large manufacturing area that was home to the production of lime and cement.

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Location: Chinnor, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

Beehive Lime Kiln at Old Kiln Lakes

1. Stokenchurch BT Tower – Juniper Bank loop from Saunderton

2. The Upper Icknield Way – St Andrew's Church, Chinnor loop from Watlington

3. Princes Risborough Golf Club – Saunderton Railway Crossing loop from Monks Risborough

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