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Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap is a scheduled ancient monument located 220 metres north of Oldfield Bridge in Cumberland, England. The site comprises the physical remains of industrial coke production facilities, consisting of open heap bases and an associated slag heap that document the methods of coke manufacture during the industrial period. The monument represents the material evidence of fuel processing technology employed in the region's industrial development, with the surviving earthworks and deposits preserving the stratigraphic and structural evidence of this industrial practice. The site is protected under national heritage designation NHLE list entry 1018072 in recognition of its archaeological and historical significance as a record of post-medieval industrial activity.
Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018072. View the official record →
Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap is a scheduled ancient monument located 220 metres north of Oldfield Bridge in Cumberland, England.
Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge 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 1018072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Calva Hall Bridge (1.4 km), Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard (2.8 km), Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.