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Blowing house N of Dry Lake is a post-medieval tin-smelting installation located in Devon, dating to the sixteenth century or later. The site represents the industrial archaeology of Devon's tin-working heritage, when blowing houses served as the primary facilities for smelting tin ore extracted from local sources. The structure would have contained a furnace powered by a water-driven bellows mechanism, typical of the blowing houses that operated throughout Cornwall and Devon during this period. The survival of such sites provides evidence of the technological and economic importance of tin production to the south-west of England in the post-medieval era.
Blowing house N of Dry Lake is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002609. View the official record →
Blowing house N of Dry Lake is a post-medieval tin-smelting installation located in Devon, dating to the sixteenth century or later. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002609.
Blowing house N of Dry Lake 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 1002609.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5.5 km).
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