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Saltford Brass Battery Mill

England

List entry 1004607

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1004607

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.45 hectares

Grid reference

ST6873666997

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Saltford Brass Battery Mill is a post-medieval industrial site located near Saltford in Somerset. The mill dates from the eighteenth century and represents an important phase in the development of brass manufacturing in England, when the Saltford works formed part of a significant concentration of metalworking activity in the Avon Valley. The site comprises the remains of structures associated with the brass battery process, a technique for working brass sheet and other metal goods through repeated heating and hammering. The survival of these industrial remains provides archaeological evidence of an important period in English metallurgical history and the early development of factory-based metal production.

Saltford Brass Battery Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004607. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Saltford Brass Battery Mill?

Saltford Brass Battery Mill is a post-medieval industrial site located near Saltford in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004607.

Who is responsible for protecting Saltford Brass Battery Mill?

Saltford Brass Battery Mill 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 1004607.

What other scheduled monuments are near Saltford Brass Battery Mill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle (remains of) (3.1 km), Stantonbury camp and adjacent sections of Wansdyke (3.6 km), Part of the linear boundary known as the Wansdyke 530m north west of Park Farm (3.6 km).

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Monuments

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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

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Geology

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Local Names

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Historical Maps

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Castle (remains of)

3.1 km

Stantonbury camp and adjacent sections of Wansdyke

3.6 km

Part of the linear boundary known as the Wansdyke 530m north west of Park Farm

3.6 km

Part of the linear boundary known as the Wansdyke 585m north of Tuckingmill Farm

3.7 km

Compton Dando Bridge

4.6 km

Part of the linear boundary known as the Wansdyke 285m north west of Manor Farm

4.8 km

Culverhay Castle

5.1 km

Part of the linear boundary known as the Wansdyke 420m south west of Barrowmead Cottage

6.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Saltford Brass Battery Mill

Saltford Brass Battery Mill stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Saltford Brass Battery Mill

BathRoman town · ~4.2 miles CaerwentRoman town · ~19.9 miles Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~21 miles Battle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~3 miles Battle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~3 miles

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