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Hogget Gill lead smelting mill is a scheduled ancient monument located in Westmorland comprising the remains of industrial metalworking infrastructure from the post-medieval period. The site encompasses a lead smelting mill, an associated water management system designed to power and support the operation, and a wood drying kiln, reflecting the integrated nature of early modern metal extraction and processing. The complex demonstrates the technological and organisational requirements of lead production in the Lake District region during a period of intensive mineral exploitation. The surviving structural elements and landscape features provide evidence of the methods and scale of metalworking activity that characterised this historically significant mining and manufacturing site.
Hogget Gill lead smelting mill, water management system and wood drying kiln is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015653. View the official record →
Hogget Gill lead smelting mill is a scheduled ancient monument located in Westmorland comprising the remains of industrial metalworking infrastructure from the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015653.
Hogget Gill lead smelting mill, water management system and wood drying kiln 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 1015653.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Southern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park (5.1 km), Northern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park (5.1 km), Round cairn 250m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold (5.2 km).
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