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Bedlam Furnaces is a late eighteenth-century ironworks complex located in Shropshire, representing an important phase in the development of English iron production during the Industrial Revolution. The site comprises the remains of blast furnaces and associated structures that operated during the period of rapid industrialisation in the Midlands. The furnaces are notable examples of iron-working architecture from this transformative era, demonstrating the technological and organisational approaches to iron manufacture that characterised the period. The surviving structures provide material evidence of the scale and intensity of iron production activities that were central to Shropshire's emergence as a major manufacturing centre.
Bedlam Furnaces is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006234. View the official record →
Bedlam Furnaces is a late eighteenth-century ironworks complex located in Shropshire, representing an important phase in the development of English iron production during the Industrial Revolution. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006234.
Bedlam Furnaces is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006234.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Iron Bridge (0.6 km), Lilleshall Beam Blowing Engines (1.5 km), Blists Hill Iron Furnaces (1.6 km).
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