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Lime Kiln K05 close to the village Kardhiq, Gjirokastër

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:08 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
A detail from the structure: two layers of masonry are discerned, the inner one made with stoens and the outer one, probably later made with bricks (some fire-resistant type to endure high temperature). The entrance has a triangualr shape.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K05

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Country

Albania

Place

Kardhiq, Gjirokastër County

Item/object

A stone&brick built lime kiln- perimetric wall infrastructure

Cultural context/event

Material Culture Documentation

Location

Workshop

Temporality

The kiln was operating until late '90s

Intent

Producing quicklime

Date of creation

2021-11-20

Unique ID

2021SG05-K05-0023

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