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Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm

England
List entry 1009706
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009706
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.91 hectares
Grid reference
SK 24755 77245
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood is a pair of industrial structures located in the Peak District landscape of Derbyshire, dating from the post-medieval period. The site comprises remains of a lead smelting mill alongside a kiln used for drying wood, reflecting the integrated industrial operations that characterised metal-working settlements in this region during the early modern period. These structures represent the material evidence of lead processing and timber preparation activities that would have supported the extraction and refinement industries central to the local economy. The site remains archaeologically significant as a surviving example of non-ferrous metal smelting infrastructure in the Derbyshire uplands.

Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009706. View the official record →

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What is Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm?

Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood is a pair of industrial structures located in the Peak District landscape of Derbyshire, dating from the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009706.

Who is responsible for protecting Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm?

Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm 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 1009706.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 600m south-west of Calton Houses (9.2 km), Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 850m south of Calton Houses (9.6 km), Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation (9.9 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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 600m south-west of Calton Houses
9.2 km
Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 850m south of Calton Houses
9.6 km
Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation
9.9 km
Cairnfield on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation
10.2 km
Cairnfield with enclosure, house platform and ring cairn 800m north east of Raven Tor
10.2 km
Cairn on Harland Edge
10.3 km
Site of bole 1400m west of Harewood Grange
10.4 km
Site of bole and funerary cairn 1120m west of Harewood Grange
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm

Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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