Permissive Footpaths
We are keen for you to enjoy the beautiful countryside around Guiting Power and the network of public footpaths have been extended by providing temporary access over some of the farm tracks and pasture fields as indicated on the plan.
To help protect the wildlife please ensure your dogs are kept on a lead at all times.
Maps can be purchased from the Trust Office for a small donation to MacMillan Cancer Support.
Sheep Hill Quarry Lime Kiln
Although not currently accessible, the site around a restored, top loading, ‘Draw Kiln’ within the Sheep Hill Quarry will hopefully be safe for visitors to view in the future.
The C18th-C19th lime kiln was restored in the late C20th under the direction of Raymond Cochrane. If consists of a high, thick, circular wall with a single doorway & an open roof. It was top loaded from the quarry edge with a mixture of 4 parts quarried limestone & 1 part wood and coal. Fired from a draw hole beneath, the limestone was burnt to release carbon dioxide to produce calcium oxide, commenly known as lime, this would have then been shovelled from beneath.
Lime was produced for use in building mortar, lime wash, daub and lime flooring. It was also applied to fields to raise the pH on permanent pastures & promote the release of trace elements important to plant & animal growth & production.
A further top loading lime kiln was located in a small quarry above the village at the top of Quarry Ground.