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Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm

England
List entry 1020718
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020718
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.48 hectares
Grid reference
SK 33480 66978
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm is a post-medieval non-ferrous metal working site located in Derbyshire. The site represents the industrial heritage of lead and silver smelting operations that flourished in the Peak District during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The surviving structures and archaeological remains reflect the technological processes employed in extracting and refining precious metals from locally mined ore. The monument's location at Moss Farm preserves evidence of the landscape-scale impact of early modern mining and metallurgical industries in this mineralised region.

Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020718. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm?

Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm is a post-medieval non-ferrous metal working site located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020718.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm?

Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss 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 1020718.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor (5.5 km), Section of Rykneld Street 80yds (70m) long N of Redleadmill Brook (5.8 km), Ring cairn and cairn 750m north west of Bumper Castle (5.8 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor
5.5 km
Section of Rykneld Street 80yds (70m) long N of Redleadmill Brook
5.8 km
Ring cairn and cairn 750m north west of Bumper Castle
5.8 km
Section of Ryknield Street Roman road 220m north east of Pear Tree Farm
5.9 km
Cairnfield 650m north west of Bumper Castle
6.1 km
Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features
6.5 km
Matlock Bridge
7.7 km
Ruins of Trinity Chapel
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm

Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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