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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 4 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bloomery site, Cinder Hill |
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Summary
The site of this bloomery is indicated by a scatter of cinder around the edge of a pond at TQ 5328 4590, listed in the checklist of all known bloomeries in The Iron Industry of the Weald.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5327 4589 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54NW |
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| Parish: | LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BLOOMERY (BLOOMERY, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD? to 1901 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Bloomery site, 120m south west of Cinder Hill Farm, Cinder Hill |
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Full description
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[TQ 5323 4594] A Bloomery was situated in Leigh parish at Lat. 51 deg 11' 30" N. Long 0 deg 11' 35" E. The place names Cinderhill and Cinderhill Field refer. There is a very large pit to the east of the road in Penshurst Park and several small ones in the fields west of the road. Round one of these latter a certain amount of bloomery cinder is to be found. This was probably the working place. (1) The site of this bloomery is indicated by a scatter of cinder around the edge of a pond at TQ 5328 4590. (2) Bloomery at Leigh, TQ 533459 listed in the checklist of all known bloomeries in The Iron Industry of the Weald. (3)
Additional Information (5-6)
<1> Wealden Iron 1931, p.219 (E Straker) (OS Card Reference). SKE51303.
<2> F1 AC 29-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41848.
<3> The Iron Ind of the Weald 1985 292 (H Cleere & D Crossley) (OS Card Reference). SKE50390.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 54 NW 4 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2721.
<5> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.
<6> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Wealden Iron 1931, p.219 (E Straker). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 AC 29-APR-63. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: The Iron Ind of the Weald 1985 292 (H Cleere & D Crossley). |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 54 NW 4 - April, 1963. [Mapped feature: #18632 Bloomery, ] |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Cluttons. 1994. Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge. |
