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The glassworks cone

England
List entry 1004819
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004819
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
SK 42550 88609
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The glassworks cone is a Grade II listed industrial structure located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the eighteenth century. The cone represents a significant surviving example of glassmaking infrastructure from the Georgian period, when glass production was an important manufacturing industry in the region. Such cones served as the central feature of glassworks, housing the furnaces necessary for heating and melting glass at the high temperatures required for production. The structure's survival provides material evidence of Yorkshire's industrial heritage and the technological methods employed in early modern glass manufacture.

The glassworks cone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004819. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is The glassworks cone?

The glassworks cone is a Grade II listed industrial structure located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the eighteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004819.

Who is responsible for protecting The glassworks cone?

The glassworks cone 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 1004819.

What other scheduled monuments are near The glassworks cone?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston (1.6 km), Canklow Hill earthworks (2.3 km), Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road (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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
1.6 km
Canklow Hill earthworks
2.3 km
Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
4 km
Old Bridge
4.5 km
Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
4.7 km
Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
4.8 km
Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
5 km
Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The glassworks cone

The glassworks cone 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.

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