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Hendall Furnace is a blast furnace site of medieval or early post-medieval date located in Sussex. The furnace represents part of the iron-working industries that developed in the Weald during the medieval period, when local iron ore deposits and abundant woodland made the region a centre of metal production. The site is situated approximately 390 metres north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse and survives as an archaeological monument, preserving evidence of Sussex's former industrial heritage.
Hendall Furnace, 390m north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002238. View the official record →
Hendall Furnace is a blast furnace site of medieval or early post-medieval date located in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002238.
Hendall Furnace, 390m north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse 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 1002238.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oldlands furnace (1.3 km), Medieval settlement site in Buxted Park (3.1 km), Iron plat furnace (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hendall Furnace, 390m north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse'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.
Hendall Furnace, 390m north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.