Lime Kiln K06 in Tzoumerka

https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.30247324

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:08 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi

A photo of the lime kiln K08 in the area of Tzoumerka; detail of the 'door' and its dry-stone constuction with big stones, called 'keystones'.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K06

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Country

Greece

Place

Ktistades, Perfecture of Arta

Item/object

A lime kiln; the actual dome-shaped drystone construction that is subjected to calcination.

Cultural context/event

Material Culture Documentation

Location

River

Temporality

In this site, lime kilns were operating until the 1960s

Intent

Producing quicklime

Date of creation

2022-04-19

Unique ID

2021SG05-K06-0028