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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 64 NW 16 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | probable site of Iron Forge |
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Summary
Pond bay, traceable as the course of Postern Lane. Probably the site of a forge mentioned in 1553, but no conclusive physical evidence found.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 605 462 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ64NW |
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| Parish: | TONBRIDGE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FORGE (FORGE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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TQ 606462, Postern Forge, not included by Straker (a). The Bay, length 140m, height 1.5 to 2.75m now forms Postern Lane. The water system is dry and the spillway situated at the west end. Forge bottoms and cinder, and cannon balls found by the owner of Postern Forge house which is timber-framed and probably contemporary. Liable to confusion with Rats Csstle Forge (see TQ 64 NW 8) and Old Forge, Southborough (see TQ 54 SE 5). They are all probably ironworksoperated by David Willard in 1553. (1)
<1> Wealden Iron 1931 (E Straker) (OS Card Reference). SKE51282.
<2> The Iron Ind of the Weald 1985 350 (H Cleare and D Crossley) (OS Card Reference). SKE50391.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Wealden Iron 1931 (E Straker). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: The Iron Ind of the Weald 1985 350 (H Cleare and D Crossley). [Mapped feature: #11592 forge, ] |
Related records
| TQ 64 NW 17 | Parent of: Oasthouses Church farm, Five oak Green Road, Tudeley (Building) |
