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Monument record MDR4219 - Lead smelting hearth, Smelting Hill, Abney and Abney Grange

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[SK 2083 8020] The unmistakeable circle of a bole hearth on Smelting Hill at the top of the last '1' of the word 'Hill' [on OS 6" 1923] Grey slag [lead] from here is like that from probable 18th/19th cent. smelting hillocks at Charterhouse-on-Mendip. (1) No traces of the site could be seen in 1965. The area is now covered by heather and bracken. (2)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Kirkham, N. 1949. Letter (Mrs.N. Kirkham 22.11.49). 22.11.49.
  • <2> Personal Observation: F1 JB 24-SEP-65.
  • <3> Index: OS. SK 28 SW 14. SK 28 SW 14.
  • <4> Index: NDAT. 0012. 0012.

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Grid reference Centred SK 2083 8020 (10m by 10m) (Centre)
Civil Parish ABNEY AND ABNEY GRANGE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR1370

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Record last edited

Apr 21 2015 4:36PM

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