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Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire that represents the industrial heritage of lead smelting in the region. The site comprises the remains of a smelt mill and associated ore dressing floors, dating from the post-medieval period when lead mining and processing formed a significant part of the local economy. The physical structures reflect the technological practices of lead extraction and refinement during this period, with the dressing floors representing the preparatory stages of ore processing before smelting. Such installations were integral to the mineral extraction industries that characterised many upland areas of northern England during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015857. View the official record →
Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire that represents the industrial heritage of lead smelting in the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015857.
Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors 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 1015857.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works (0.7 km), The Blakethwaite Dams (0.9 km), Moss Dam (2.1 km).
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