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Rockley blast furnace is a scheduled monument located in South Yorkshire that represents the iron-working industry of the eighteenth century. The structure dates from around 1750 and was constructed to smelt iron ore using charcoal fuel, reflecting the technological developments of the Industrial Revolution before the widespread adoption of coke smelting. The furnace survives as a substantial stone-built structure characteristic of early blast furnace design, demonstrating the scale of metal production in the South Yorkshire region during this period. Its preservation provides important archaeological evidence of the transition in English iron manufacture and the industrial heritage of the Yorkshire ironworks.
Rockley blast furnace is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004820. View the official record →
Rockley blast furnace is a scheduled monument located in South Yorkshire that represents the iron-working industry of the eighteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004820.
Rockley blast furnace 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 1004820.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross (5.3 km), Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm (5.5 km), Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rockley blast furnace's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Rockley blast furnace 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.