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Posted: 29 Jul 2020

Taken: 15 May 2020

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1/60 • f/7.1 • 15.0 mm • ISO 400 •

Canon EOS 600D

EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

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trees •
woodland •
Sheffield •
lead smelting •
Limb Valley •
Industrial archaeology •
Bole Hill Plantation •

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Limb Valley Bole Hill disturbed ground 3

Limb Valley Bole Hill disturbed ground 3
Limb Valley Bole Hill lead smelting site

Disturbed, hummocky ground high up on the northern edge of the Bole Hill Plantation in the Limb Valley. Almost certainly the remains of lead smelting boles, dating back possibly to the 17th or 18th centuries.

There are many 'Bole Hills' in Sheffield and along the west-facing sandstone and gritstone escarpments of the Eastern Edges. Their elevated locations were ideal for wind-blown furnaces ('boles') for smelting lead ore which was brought in by pack-horses from the Peak District mines further to the west.

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 Annemarie
Annemarie club
nice series of a walk in the woods

Happy weekend
3 years ago.
Earthwatcher club has replied to Annemarie club
Thank you, Annemarie! We were specifically looking for remains of the old lead smelting works. There is very little known about them in this location. No documentation as far as we have discovered.
3 years ago.

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