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Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of industrial-period coke production facilities located in Durham, England. The site dates to the nineteenth century and represents the expansion of coal processing industries across the Durham coalfield during the Victorian era. The surviving structures consist of the physical remnants of beehive or similar oven types that were used to convert coal into coke, a vital fuel for iron smelting and other industrial processes. The monument preserves evidence of the intensive mineral extraction and heavy industry that characterised the region's economic development in this period.
Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018228. View the official record →
Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of industrial-period coke production facilities located in Durham, England.
Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm 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 1018228.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds (3.8 km), Medieval settlement (4.5 km), Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside (4.7 km).
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Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.