Bluebells, whitecoal kiln, Gillfield

Bluebells, whitecoal kiln, Gillfield, originally uploaded by goldsally.

Whitecoal - an entirely different material to charcoal - was used to smelt lead. And the woods round here are full of the archaeological remains of the kilns used to make the whitecoal. Here's one - the pit behind the bluebells. For years people thought they were bomb craters.