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Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats is an ancient monument comprising the remains of an iron-working establishment dating to the post-medieval period, located near Duddon Bridge in Cumberland. The site includes evidence of water-management infrastructure in the form of leats, which directed water from the River Duddon to power the ironworks machinery. Approximately 370 metres north-west of Duddon Bridge stands Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and its associated leats, representing a separate but contemporaneous industrial enterprise that similarly exploited the river's water power for manufacturing purposes. Both monuments reflect the exploitation of Cumberland's water resources and raw materials during the early modern industrial period, when small-scale metal-working and textile-related manufacturing were established in rural locations with suitable topography and hydraulic potential.
Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021246. View the official record →
Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats is an ancient monument comprising the remains of an iron-working establishment dating to the post-medieval period, located near Duddon Bridge in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021246.
Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge 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 1021246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat (2 km), Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well (2.4 km), Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.