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Entrance to Long Sough west of Allen's Hill is a mining feature of medieval or early modern date located in Derbyshire. The sough represents an underground drainage or access tunnel associated with lead and silver mining activity in the region, technologies that were extensively developed during the medieval period and expanded significantly through the early modern era. The entrance itself survives as a physical aperture marking access to subsurface workings, evidence of the engineering practices employed to manage water drainage and facilitate ore extraction in the challenging geology of the Pennine hills.
Entrance to Long Sough west of Allen's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014595. View the official record →
Entrance to Long Sough west of Allen's Hill is a mining feature of medieval or early modern date located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014595.
Entrance to Long Sough west of Allen's Hill 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 1014595.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Nether Ratchwood and Rantor lead mines, 200m west of Old Lane (2.2 km), Standing cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church (3 km), Ivet Low bowl barrow (4.3 km).
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