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Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water

England
List entry 1007125
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007125
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.3 hectares
Grid reference
SD 30329 95648, SD 30302 95413
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water, is a pair of iron-working sites dating to the medieval period. Bloomeries were small-scale iron-smelting furnaces used to extract iron from ore, and their presence in this location reflects the historically significant iron-working industry that developed in the Lake District. The two examples at this site, positioned at different points along the northern shore of Coniston Water, represent evidence of medieval industrial activity in the region where local iron ore deposits and woodland resources supported metalworking enterprises. These sites remain important archaeological features for understanding the development of iron production and settlement patterns in medieval Lancashire.

Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007125. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water?

Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water, is a pair of iron-working sites dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007125.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water?

Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water 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 1007125.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairns on Foul Scrow (2.8 km), Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead (2.8 km), Yewdale lime kiln 380m south west of Low Yewdale (3.2 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
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

Cairns on Foul Scrow
2.8 km
Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead
2.8 km
Yewdale lime kiln 380m south west of Low Yewdale
3.2 km
Coniston copper mines
3.8 km
Dike, circles and cairns on Bleaberry Haws
4 km
Round cairn, 460m south west of Thompson Ground
4.2 km
Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir
4.3 km
Stony Hazel finery forge
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water

Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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