I visited here a few weeks ago to take some pics of the kilns themselves but as you will see there is no depth to the pics. But on the brightside the tunnel isnt too bad.
Heres a bit about ther area form wikipedia
"Near the entrance to Calke Abbey is Tramway Bridge which is now a Grade II listed structure. It was built in 1802 to carry the former Ticknall Tramway and subsequently connect the brickyards and limeyards around the village to the Ashby canal at Willesley Basin. It was too costly to build the expensive locks which would be required to bring the canal to Ticknall so the Tramway was constructed as a cheaper alternative. Although abandoned in 1915, the tramway can still be traced intermittently along its route which passed through the estate of Calke Abbey where two tunnels were needed.
At the start of the 19th century the Ticknall Limeyards were operated by two different classes of people, namely freeholders and tenants. Some of the freeholders in the parish had their own limeyards while others were worked by tenants for the Harpur-Crewe and Burdett families. As the century progressed the freeholders went bankrupt for various reasons while the tenants of the Harpur-Crewe family gave up because of the high rents charged and general mismanagement of the limeyards"
Pics are in no particular order
a lime kiln not that you will be able to see it lol
ooh could it be a tunnel?
No
One of the vents in the tunnel from above
Heres a bit about ther area form wikipedia
"Near the entrance to Calke Abbey is Tramway Bridge which is now a Grade II listed structure. It was built in 1802 to carry the former Ticknall Tramway and subsequently connect the brickyards and limeyards around the village to the Ashby canal at Willesley Basin. It was too costly to build the expensive locks which would be required to bring the canal to Ticknall so the Tramway was constructed as a cheaper alternative. Although abandoned in 1915, the tramway can still be traced intermittently along its route which passed through the estate of Calke Abbey where two tunnels were needed.
At the start of the 19th century the Ticknall Limeyards were operated by two different classes of people, namely freeholders and tenants. Some of the freeholders in the parish had their own limeyards while others were worked by tenants for the Harpur-Crewe and Burdett families. As the century progressed the freeholders went bankrupt for various reasons while the tenants of the Harpur-Crewe family gave up because of the high rents charged and general mismanagement of the limeyards"
Pics are in no particular order
a lime kiln not that you will be able to see it lol
ooh could it be a tunnel?
No
One of the vents in the tunnel from above
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