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Norfolk was well known for its lime, which was extensively quarried, known as Marl Pits, in the 1800’s. Lime kilns, both large and small sprouted up everywhere in the County to process the material.
The process of making lime in kilns
Alternating layers of chalk and coal; the coal then set alight at the base of the pit. The heat generated would turn the chalk into lime which would fall to the bottom of the pot and on to the floor where it would be shovelled into barrows and taken outside.
This process was repeated 24 hours 7 days a week for up to a year, the fire only being let out for maintenance.
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