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Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm

England
List entry 1016900
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016900
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.66 hectares
Grid reference
SO 55778 11696
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Scowles in Blake's Wood is a medieval open cast ironstone mine located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The site consists of a series of shallow excavations and scattered spoil heaps typical of medieval iron extraction workings, which exploited the naturally occurring ironstone deposits in this area. The monument dates to the medieval period, when the Forest of Dean was an important centre of iron production supplying both local and regional demand. The physical remains preserve evidence of the extraction techniques and scale of medieval mining activity in this economically significant woodland landscape.

Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016900. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm?

Scowles in Blake's Wood is a medieval open cast ironstone mine located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016900.

Who is responsible for protecting Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm?

Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm 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 1016900.

What other scheduled monuments are near Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, 230m north of Hudnalls Farm (8.1 km), Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, immediately south of Sittingreen (8.2 km), Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, 190m west of Hudnalls Farm (8.4 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, 230m north of Hudnalls Farm
8.1 km
Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, immediately south of Sittingreen
8.2 km
Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, 190m west of Hudnalls Farm
8.4 km
Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, immediately west of The Fields
9 km
Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, 220m east of Upfield House
9.4 km
Offa's Dyke: section on St Briavels Common, 400m east of Yewgreen Farm
9.6 km
Early Iron Furnace at Coed-Ithel
Post Medieval/Modern · Blast Furnace9.6 km
Motte Castle 57m south-west of Church of St Mary Magdalene
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm

Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Scowles in Blake's Wood 870m north west of Scowles Farm

CaerwentRoman town · ~14.3 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~17.5 milesKenchesterRoman town · ~20.6 miles
Domesday entry for Staunton, Gloucestershire →
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