Potash Kiln is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. Industrial structure.

Potash Kiln

WRENN ID: errant-spire-wind
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Lake District National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 23 July 1987
Type: Industrial structure
Source: Historic England listing

Description

COLTON GRAYTHWAITE SD 39 SE 3/48 Potash Kiln

Potash kiln. Kiln recorded at this site in C16 and not later than c.1800. Stone rubble. Round structure built into slope of ground. Entrance to tunnel with roof sloping down to inside. Top overgrown and partly collapsed. A rare example of an early industrial structure, sometimes confused with limekilns. The potash industry collapsed c.1800.

Listing NGR: SD3593291141

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