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Crowborough Warren furnace is a bloomery iron smelting site located in the High Weald of Sussex. The furnace dates to the Iron Age and represents one of the region's early centres of iron production. The site survives as an archaeological monument preserving evidence of prehistoric metallurgical practice, though the physical remains are modest. Such bloomeries were characteristic iron-working sites of the Iron Age period, fundamental to the technological and economic development of Iron Age communities in southern Britain.
Crowborough Warren furnace, 648m SSW of Forest Lodge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003312. View the official record →
Crowborough Warren furnace is a bloomery iron smelting site located in the High Weald of Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003312.
Crowborough Warren furnace, 648m SSW of Forest Lodge 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 1003312.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site 1/2 mile (800m) NNW of King's Standing (2.3 km), Bowl barrow 300m east of Tile Lodge (3 km), King's Standing (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Crowborough Warren furnace, 648m SSW of Forest Lodge Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Crowborough Warren furnace, 648m SSW of Forest Lodge Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.