Not confirmed — seek landowner or operator permission
Stay within authorised areas. Do not enter unstaffed tunnels, shafts, railway land or restricted property.
How to explore responsiblyWhat the official index records
Historic Environment Scotland — NRHE records this location as LIME KILN(S) (19TH CENTURY), LIME WORKS (19TH CENTURY). Our atlas groups it under industrial relics using that source wording.
Bowdenhill Limeworks is recorded by Historic Environment Scotland under reference 100158. The supplied index identifies LIME KILN(S) (19TH CENTURY), LIME WORKS (19TH CENTURY). Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.
Record details
- Category
- Industrial relics
- Source classification
- LIME KILN(S) (19TH CENTURY), LIME WORKS (19TH CENTURY)
- Period / construction dates
- 19TH CENTURY
- Current condition
- Not verified
- Designation
- Not supplied in this source
- Designation date
- Not supplied
- Nearest reference town
- Livingston (approximate)
- County / historic source county
- WEST LOTHIAN
- County or local authority (ONS)
- West Lothian
- Nation
- Scotland
- Source record ID
- 100158
- Coordinates
- 55.953148, -3.638442 (reference point, not an entrance)
- Index checked
- 2026-09-13
- Source last updated
- 2003-03-20
- Published access reviewed
- Not yet verified
Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.