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Monument record TQ 64 SE 4 - Site of Horsmonden furnace, Horsmonden and Brenchley
Summary
An iron furnace is recorded at this location in documentary sources from 1574 and 1699. In 1699 a casting cannon is referred to indicating this may have been the site of a boring mill. It was a gun-casting furnace through most of its existence. The pond bay remains and is water filled. Below the bay there is a great accumulation of slag, brick, tile and a "bear" (a large accumulation of slag and waste from the furnace). The elaborate spillway may be of a later date than the furnace which was probably disused before 1717.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6947 4122 (point) Estimated from sources |
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Map sheet | TQ64SE |
County | KENT |
District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Civil Parish | BRENCHLEY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Civil Parish | HORSMONDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
<1> Wealden Iron 1931 34-6 92 280-1 (E Straker) (OS Card Reference). SKE51301.
<2> F1 CFW 21-MAR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42690.
<3> The Iron Ind of the Weald 1985 Index Gas (Henry Cleere and David Crossley) (OS Card Reference). SKE50396.
<4> Hist Met Soc Newsl 8 Winter 1980 4-8 (OS Card Reference). SKE43909.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 64 SE 4 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3258.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SKE51301 OS Card Reference: Wealden Iron 1931 34-6 92 280-1 (E Straker).
- <2> SKE42690 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 21-MAR-63.
- <3>XY SKE50396 OS Card Reference: The Iron Ind of the Weald 1985 Index Gas (Henry Cleere and David Crossley). [Mapped feature: #11689 furnace, ]
- <4> SKE43909 OS Card Reference: Hist Met Soc Newsl 8 Winter 1980 4-8.
- <5> SKE3258 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 64 SE 4 - March, 1963.
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Record last edited
May 28 2021 2:07PM