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Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury

England
List entry 1019796
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019796
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.27 hectares
Grid reference
ST 73903 48879
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fussell's Lower Works is an iron edge tool manufacturing site located near Wadbury in Somerset. The works represents an important centre of tool production, particularly renowned for the manufacture of edged implements during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site preserves archaeological evidence of industrial processes characteristic of this period, including structural remains and deposits associated with metalworking activities. Fussell's was part of a broader tradition of specialist tool manufacture in the West Country, contributing significantly to Britain's industrial heritage during the era of proto-industrial and early industrial production.

Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019796. View the official record →

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What is Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury?

Fussell's Lower Works is an iron edge tool manufacturing site located near Wadbury in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019796.

Who is responsible for protecting Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury?

Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury 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 1019796.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whatley Combe Roman villa (1.9 km), Nunney Castle (3.1 km), Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale (4.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Whatley Combe Roman villa
1.9 km
Nunney Castle
3.1 km
Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale
4.1 km
Deserted medieval site SW of Tytherington Bridge
5 km
Marston Moat
5.8 km
Earthwork N of Stubbs Wood, Merehead
6.7 km
Earthworks S of Tadhill Farm
7 km
Hales Castle: a ringwork and associated earthworks on Coles Hill
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury

Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury

BathRoman town · ~9.9 milesGlastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~16 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~16.2 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~21.1 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.2 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~13.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.7 miles
Domesday entry for Elm, Somerset →
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