Selbourne Field Guide Entry

Burning Lime

Category: practice

“Burning lime” refers to the production of quicklime in a kiln.

Process

Limestone (chalk) is heated to produce quicklime, later used in:

• soil improvement
• mortar and plaster

In White’s Landscape

Fuel came from the heath:

• gorse
• turf
• peat

Notes

A small-scale but essential rural industry embedded in the landscape.