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Lime Kiln K04 in Sotirë, Dropull

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:08 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
A photo of a lime kiln (K04) in the area of Dropull, in the Greek village of Sotirë, a village that was supposed to be very famous for its good quality of lime putty used in great monuments of Albania (as stated by locals) ; the sructure is made on drystone technique.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K04

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Country

Albania

Place

Sotirë, Gjirokastër County

Item/object

A stone-built lime kiln- perimetric wall infrastructure

Materials

Stone

Cultural context/event

Material Culture Documentation

Location

Workshop

Temporality

The kiln was operating until late '80s

Intent

Producing quicklime

Date of creation

2021-11-18

Unique ID

2021SG05-K04-0015

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