Building a lime kiln; the raw material

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:07 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi

Limestone to be used for the building and calcination is collected from nearby outcrops and carried close to the worksite.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

L01

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Country

Albania

Place

Leshnjë, Korçë Region

Item/object

The process of buidling a lime kiln.

Cultural context/event

Material Culture Documentation

Location

Workshop

Temporality

The operation is still active nowadays, although its operations decline annually.

Intent

Producing quicklime

Date of creation

2023-11-08

Unique ID

2021SG05-L01-0073

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Categories

Keywords

lime kiln active lime burner Korçë drystone dome-shaped kiln

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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