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MsgContent">Hi All=0A <div>In the grove wa This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_08B1_01CE15AB.8055F170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paul & All, Feb 28, 2013 Thanks Paul. That would be Martins River and just about on the county = line. I agree that it does not look like a good location for a lighthouse = so a lime kiln sounds likely but it is hard to see why it would be so = far from navigable water. =20 I don't know the historical details of lime kiln use but logically, = limestone would be the material of choice for transport from quarry to = near a point of use; quicklime is very caustic, slaked lime is caustic = and both will be lessened in effectiveness by exposure to air. One would have to heat the limestone rocks red hot for hours and would = want to avoid ashes in the final product so, again logically, there = would be an iron grid onto which the stones were piled and fire = maintained below as necessary. This would account for the 'walk way'; a = way to maintain the fire. The stones are cooked when the largest stones = crush readily. This would be a difficult test when the stones were red = hot so experience would be the guide. The initial product, quicklime, was used for preparation of plaster = (along with hair from short-tailed horses) and other materials such as = sharp sand and Plaster of Paris when available. Also for lime mortar I = think; used not only with rocks & bricks but with wood to build walls.=20 [I recall, as a preschool kid,. being very impressed that lumps of = something, carefully added to a barrel containing water, could bring the = water to a boil !] Quicklime lumps, gradually exposed to water but not Carbon Dioxide, = will form hydrated or slaked lime which is also what you get when = quicklime is added to water. =20 YT, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul MacDonald=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Todays Walk Hi Dave Coordinates are 44 29 228 by 64 20 086 with the elev 21 m. I wouldn't rule out a lighthouse as it is at the top of an inlet = - most things on the railway are in this part of the world but it would not have been = a very useful lighthouse. We use to call lighthouses so positioned as range lights and = were useful for fishing. As in go to a line between A and B and open out the range light! = Make a set there! Not as accurate as GPS but a lot of fish were so caught. In discussion with a friend he opinioned that it might be a lime = kilm. I'm not sure if they used lime stone or bones for feed or = perhaps either to produce mortar lime for use in making stone cellars, = chimneys and so on. They were placed near the water because the feed = often came by boat. Slacked lime seems to ring a bell. There is another = one around on a point in the bay. You might know more about this than I. = or perhaps someone can fill us in on the process.=20 An interesting spot nevertheless ! Paul --- On Wed, 2/27/13, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> = wrote: From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Todays Walk To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Received: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 4:33 PM Hi Paul, Feb 27, 2013 Can you give exact or approximate Google coordinates for = this rock structure ? Is it close enough to the coast to have been the = foundation of a lighthouse ? Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul MacDonald=20 To: Nature NS=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:56 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Todays Walk Hi All=20 In the grove was an old stone foundation or well = casing. It was about 2 m in diameter and had a walk way into it. The = stone rose up about 1 m above the local=20 ground, As there was snow on the ground the area = wasn't visible. The rock work was well done - no mortar - just the stones properly = placed. Someone knew what they were doing. Not impossible it was = Acadian. Paul =20 =20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2639/6101 - Release = Date: 02/13/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. =20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2639/6101 - Release Date: = 02/13/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date. ------=_NextPart_000_08B1_01CE15AB.8055F170 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19400"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Paul & All, = =20 = =20 Feb 28, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Thanks Paul. That would be Martins River and just about on the = county=20 line.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I agree that it does not = look like a=20 good location for a lighthouse so a lime kiln sounds likely but it = is hard=20 to see why it would be so far from navigable water. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I don't know the historical = details of lime=20 kiln use but logically, limestone would be the material of choice = for=20 transport from quarry to near a point of use; quicklime is very caustic, = slaked=20 lime is caustic and both will be lessened in effectiveness by = exposure=20 to air.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> One would have to heat the limestone rocks red = hot for=20 hours and would want to avoid ashes in the final product so, again = logically,=20 there would be an iron grid onto which the stones were piled and fire = maintained=20 below as necessary. This would account for the 'walk way'; a way