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Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House

England
List entry 1002202
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002202
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.65 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 39939 30631
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stumbletts Furnace is a blast furnace located near Twyford House in Sussex, England, dating to the iron-working period of the early modern era. The site represents the industrial heritage of the Weald, a region historically significant for iron production, and survives as a substantial earthwork monument marking the location of metalworking activity. The furnace exemplifies the type of installation that supported Sussex's once-prominent iron industry, which flourished particularly during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when demand for iron goods and ordnance was high. The designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its importance as evidence of early industrial technology and landscape transformation in southern England.

Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002202. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House?

Stumbletts Furnace is a blast furnace located near Twyford House in Sussex, England, dating to the iron-working period of the early modern era. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002202.

Who is responsible for protecting Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House?

Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House 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 1002202.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chelwood Gate Enclosure (1.4 km), Moated site in Orchard Wood (3.7 km), Pillow mound and earthwork in Northbank Wood (4.1 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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Chelwood Gate Enclosure
1.4 km
Moated site in Orchard Wood
3.7 km
Pillow mound and earthwork in Northbank Wood
4.1 km
Romano-British bloomery in Pippingford Park, 775m north-east of Pippingford House
4.7 km
Hillfort, Roman villa and iron works on Garden Hill
4.8 km
Medieval moated site, Brambletye Manor
5 km
Pippingford furnace and ironworks, 885m south-west of New Lodge Farm
5.2 km
Philpots Camp: a promontory fort and Mesolithic rock shelters 500m north west of Philpots Farm
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House

Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~11.9 miles
Domesday entry for Birchgrove, Sussex →
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