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Old Millclose engine house is a surviving structure from the industrial heritage of Derbyshire, located southwest of Cowley Hall. The engine house dates to the period of intensive mining and mineral extraction in the region, when steam-powered machinery became essential to operations such as lead mining or quarrying. The structure represents the physical infrastructure of eighteenth or nineteenth-century industrial activity, with the engine house forming part of a broader complex of associated mining or quarrying features. Its survival as a designated ancient monument reflects the archaeological significance of industrial sites in understanding Derbyshire's economic development during the industrial period.
Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017750. View the official record →
Old Millclose engine house is a surviving structure from the industrial heritage of Derbyshire, located southwest of Cowley Hall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017750.
Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall 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 1017750.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Low bowl barrow (7.2 km), Remains of Nether Ratchwood and Rantor lead mines, 200m west of Old Lane (7.4 km), Ivet Low bowl barrow (7.4 km).
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