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Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems

England
List entry 1020667
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020667
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.23 hectares
Grid reference
SD 29948 79698, SD 29978 79747, SD 29879 79801, SD 29871 79829
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Newland blast furnace is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of an ironworking complex located in Lancashire. The site dates primarily to the eighteenth century and represents an important phase in the region's industrial heritage, when blast furnace technology and associated metalworking processes were integral to local economic development. The monument includes the structural remains of the blast furnace itself, together with a blacking mill and other ancillary buildings that formed part of the integrated industrial operation. The complex also retains evidence of the water management systems, including channels and leats, which were essential to power the machinery and support the ironworking processes undertaken at the site.

Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020667. View the official record →

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What is Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems?

Newland blast furnace is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of an ironworking complex located in Lancashire.

Who is responsible for protecting Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems?

Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems 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 1020667.

What other scheduled monuments are near Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm (5.6 km), Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common (5.8 km), Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank (6.7 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm
5.6 km
Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common
5.8 km
Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank
6.7 km
Romano-British farmstead east of Little Urswick Crags
6.8 km
Romano-British farmstead on Little Urswick Crags
6.8 km
Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm
7.6 km
Lime kiln 100m east of Scales Green Farm
7.8 km
Lime kiln 320m south east of Scales Green Farm
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems

Newland blast furnace, blacking mill, associated buildings and water management systems stands on Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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