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Blowing house N of Dry Lake

England
List entry 1002609
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002609
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SX 64011 63404
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Blowing house N of Dry Lake is a tin-smelting site located in Devon, dating to the medieval or early modern period when tin extraction and processing formed a significant part of the regional economy. The blowing house represents the industrial infrastructure associated with Devon's tin industry, where ore was smelted using bellows-driven furnaces to produce tin metal. The site preserves evidence of this extractive heritage within the landscape, contributing to the archaeological record of tin working in the south-west of England during the period when such operations were economically important to the area.

Blowing house N of Dry Lake is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002609. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Blowing house N of Dry Lake?

Blowing house N of Dry Lake is a tin-smelting site located in Devon, dating to the medieval or early modern period when tin extraction and processing formed a significant part of the regional economy. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002609.

Who is responsible for protecting Blowing house N of Dry Lake?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Blowing house N of Dry Lake?

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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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 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
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
5.5 km
Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake
5.6 km
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool
5.6 km
Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon
5.9 km
Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon
5.9 km
Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon
5.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Blowing house N of Dry Lake

Blowing house N of Dry Lake stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

Domesday entry for Blachford, Devon →
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