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Lime Kiln K06 in Tzoumerka

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:08 authored by Panos Kostoulas, Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
Detail of the inner side of the dry-stone constuction, made with big stones, called 'keystones' in a concentric arrangement to form a dome-shaped thermal chamebr.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K06

Rights owner

Panos Kostoulas

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-K06-0029

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