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Summary

A stone lined flue with slate cover slabs, climbing the valley side between an ore hearth smelt mill and a chimney stack to the east. Part of a lead ore works constructed in 1846.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020565: Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon Park

Other References/Statuses

• Old SAM Ref: 33780

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FLUE (XIX - 1846 AD to 1846 AD (Throughout))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Line of flue shown. Map object based on this Source.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2003, Post-Medieval Deer Park, Medieval Fishpond, 18th century Triumphal Arch and a 19th Century Lead Mine, Ore Works and Smelt Mill at Boringdon Park (Schedule Document). SDV343933.

A stone lined flue climbing the valley side for 50 metres to the east (of the ore hearth smelt mill) has slate cover slabs which could be removed to collect metal rich particles. A stone chimney stack with a brick upper stands 5 metres high at the east end of this flue. Part of a lead ore works constructed in 1846.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 110 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability collapse.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

Map object based on this Source.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 103 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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