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Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge

England
List entry 1004804
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004804
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.32 hectares
Grid reference
SK 32490 89082
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge, is a historic forge situated in South Yorkshire. The structure dates from the eighteenth century and represents an important example of early industrial metalworking infrastructure associated with the development of Sheffield's cutlery and metalware trades. The forge demonstrates the physical characteristics typical of water-powered workshop buildings of this period, reflecting the area's exploitation of local watercourses for industrial production. Its survival provides evidence of the transition from rural craft production to the mechanised manufacturing processes that would define Sheffield's industrial economy in the nineteenth century.

Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004804. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge?

Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge, is a historic forge situated in South Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004804.

Who is responsible for protecting Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge?

Mousehole Forge, Malin 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 1004804.

What other scheduled monuments are near Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street (2.6 km), Bower Spring cementation furnace (3 km), The Shepherd Wheel (3.8 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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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street
2.6 km
Bower Spring cementation furnace
3 km
The Shepherd Wheel
3.8 km
Hoffman Kiln between Aizlewood Road and Cutts Terrace
4.7 km
Manor Lodge
5.7 km
Cup and ring marked rock 740m east of Park Head House
5.9 km
Stone circle on Ash Cabin Flat, 560m north east of Reservoir Cottages
6.2 km
Abbeydale Works
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge

Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge 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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