Roman and Medieval lime kiln oven Low-poly 3D model

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Low-poly historical accurate reconstruction of a lime kiln used by the romans and throughout the middle ages. It is a oven to heat treat limestone to get quicklime (calcium oxide), which is then combined with water to get slaked lime (calcium hydroxide). Slaked lime mixed with sand and water then forms mortar to build stone walls. Lime kilns where built next to rivers or quarries with lime stone deposits, to treat the stone as close as possible to its occurrence, as the slaked lime is only half the weight of the original stone, which makes transportation of the final product way easier than the raw material.