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Blowing Mill at Outer Down

England
List entry 1406794
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1406794
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX6820886586
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Blowing Mill at Outer Down is a post-medieval industrial structure located in Devon, England. The site represents evidence of metalworking activity, specifically associated with the operation of a bellows-driven forge or smelting facility typical of early modern industrial practice in the Southwest. The monument survives as physical remains within the landscape, preserving evidence of the region's industrial heritage during a period of expanding metal production and processing in Devon.

Blowing Mill at Outer Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1406794. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Blowing Mill at Outer Down?

Blowing Mill at Outer Down is a post-medieval industrial structure located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1406794.

Who is responsible for protecting Blowing Mill at Outer Down?

Blowing Mill at Outer Down 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 1406794.

What other scheduled monuments are near Blowing Mill at Outer Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackaton Ball tin mill (8.5 km), Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake (9 km), Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake (9.1 km).

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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
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Blackaton Ball tin mill
8.5 km
Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
9 km
Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
9.1 km
Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
9.2 km
Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
9.7 km
Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex
9.8 km
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
10.1 km
Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Blowing Mill at Outer Down

Blowing Mill at Outer Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Blowing Mill at Outer Down

ExeterRoman town · ~15.2 miles
Domesday entry for Teigncombe, Devon →
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