© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
North Park Furnace is an iron works and gun foundry located in Sussex, England, dating to the early modern period when the Weald was a major centre of iron production. The site represents the industrial heritage of Sussex's metalworking tradition, during which furnaces and foundries supplied both domestic and military demand. The monument survives as physical remains of this important phase of English industrial and military history, reflecting the technological capabilities and strategic significance of iron manufacture in the region during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
North Park Furnace: iron works and gun foundry is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021403. View the official record →
North Park Furnace is an iron works and gun foundry located in Sussex, England, dating to the early modern period when the Weald was a major centre of iron production. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021403.
North Park Furnace: iron works and gun foundry 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 1021403.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Walkers Copse, Heyshott Common (9.1 km), Bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse, 200m east of Heather View (9.2 km), Bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse, 290m east of Heather View (9.3 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around North Park Furnace: iron works and gun foundry