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Feldon Smelt Mill is a post-medieval industrial monument located in Durham, England. The site represents the non-ferrous metal smelting industry that developed in northern England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when lead and other metals were extracted and processed from local ore deposits. The surviving structural remains include evidence of the smelting furnace and associated industrial buildings characteristic of small-scale metal working operations of this period. The monument testifies to the importance of mineral extraction to the regional economy and the technical development of smelting processes in early modern Britain.
Feldon Smelt Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015861. View the official record →
Feldon Smelt Mill is a post-medieval industrial monument located in Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015861.
Feldon Smelt Mill 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 1015861.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lead mining remains at Ramshaw (3.5 km), Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather Lea (3.7 km), Blanchland Premonstratensian Abbey (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Feldon Smelt Mill'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.
Feldon Smelt Mill stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.