The two lime kilns that I know of are anecdotal and on the lower Hudson
River. One is inside New York City limits, in Riverdale Park, a conundrum,
as the State says it should be on a City register, and the City says it has
no laws for below ground landmarks according to an archaeologist then went
on to work for the Advisory Council in Washington, DC. It was fairly large,
perhaps 4 meters in I.D., but hard to estimate from what's left as it was
left "undisturbed".

The other is in the Bowdoin Park in Dutchess County, like the former on the
east side of the Hudson River, near to it. This one, in the former JP Morgan
summer estate grounds, was part of a multi-component historical site
complete with mis-measured 18th century cemetery whose stones were moved and
returned to plow the rich river terrace, and later found to be 1/2 acre in
size instead of 1/4 acre as a consortium of municipalities originally
invested in a sewerage treatment plant to comply with Federal guidelines,
the last of the federal "grants" to help small communities comply.

This kiln was discovered in a hillside, and it's O.D. diameter at most was
about 2 meters at bottom, and exhibited burnt soil around it and perhaps the
top of it collapsed into its interior. It was found in a multi-tool remote
sensing survey of the property and documented. The community may have been
the first settlers and subsequently a ferry ran from it to Marlboro, NY
across the river until the railroad along the shore closed it off from the
river as many smaller places were. I suppose it was built for local use, the
Riverdale Park one perhaps for greater commercial like use.

By the way, near the Bowdoin Park, is a Tibetan Retreat.

George Myers



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