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Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam

England
List entry 1009707
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009707
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.23 hectares
Grid reference
SK 33995 72490
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood is a post-medieval industrial site located in the Derbyshire Peak District. The mill dates to the seventeenth or eighteenth century and represents the exploitation of lead ore resources that were significant to the regional economy during this period. The site comprises earthwork remains associated with the smelting process, situated within woodland that now obscures much of the original landscape context. As a scheduled ancient monument, it is protected in recognition of its archaeological and historical importance to understanding early modern metal extraction industries in the English Midlands.

Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009707. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam?

Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood is a post-medieval industrial site located in the Derbyshire Peak District. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009707.

Who is responsible for protecting Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam?

Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam 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 1009707.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm (5.6 km), Site of bole and funerary cairn 1120m west of Harewood Grange (5.8 km), Cairnfield and house platform 400m south west of Harewood Grange Farm (5.9 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm
5.6 km
Site of bole and funerary cairn 1120m west of Harewood Grange
5.8 km
Cairnfield and house platform 400m south west of Harewood Grange Farm
5.9 km
Site of bole 1400m west of Harewood Grange
6.1 km
Medieval cross base 780m south west of Arkwright Plantation
6.4 km
Cairnfield on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation
6.5 km
Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation
6.6 km
Cairnfield with enclosure, house platform and ring cairn 800m north east of Raven Tor
7.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam

Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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