Lonely sycamore
Limb Valley Bole Hill disturbed ground 4
Bole Hill Plantation - 'holly smelter' slag 2
Bole Hill Plantation - 'holly smelter' slag 1
Lonely sycamore in September
Wigley Farm fields view to Castle Dyke Lodge 1
Wigley Farm fields view to Castle Dyke Lodge 2
Wigley Farm fields view to Castle Dyke Lodge 3
Lonely sycamore and Wigley Farm fields
Handfasting Ground devastation 2
Handfasting Ground devastation 1
Beech in the spotlight
Looking to Fulwood Hall
Early autumn colours in Rough Standhills 3
Early autumn colours in Rough Standhills 2
Early autumn colours in Rough Standhills 1
Rough Standhills early autumn pine avenue
Early autumn colours in Rough Standhills 4
Handfasting Ground under the Bowing Beech 1
Handfasting Ground under the Bowing Beech 2
View west over Limb Valley from Lady Canning's Pla…
Beeches panorama
Beeches panorama BW
Wall on wall
Fractal sycamore 2
Fenney Lane steps
Fractal sycamore 1
Bole Hill Plantation - 'holly smelter' slag tip 2
Bole Hill Plantation - 'holly smelter' slag tip 1
Bole Hill Plantation - 'holly smelter' site
Limb Valley Bole Hill disturbed ground 3
Bole Hill Plantation view to south
Bole Hill Plantation view to south-west
Footpath to Firs Farm
Limb Valley Bole Hill disturbed ground 2
Limb Valley Bole Hill disturbed ground 1
Limb Valley bluebells 2
Limb Valley bluebells 1
Layers over Totley
Early Autumn Gateway to Heaven
Early Autumn beeches
Hogweed seed heads
Fenney Lane hollow way 2
Fenney Lane hollow way 1
Limb Valley Autumn trees
Limb Valley Autumn trees panorama
Limb Valley Autumn beeches panorama
Misty end of the beeches
Misty bank of beeches 1
Misty bank of beeches 3
Misty bank of beeches 2
Tree trunk and bark patterns 2
Tree trunk and bark patterns 1
Misty mossy branches 2
Misty mossy branches 1
Mossy log
Misty Gateway to Heaven
Misty hedgerow
Footpath through the beeches
Autumn beech leaves #2
Autumn beech leaves #3
Translucent autumn rowan leaves
Rough Standhills path
Looking down from the beeches
Autumn beech leaves #1
Whirlow Park winter beech
Whirlow Park winter twigs and sky
Whirlow Park winter beech 2
Limb Valley trees and fields
Woodland luminance
Translucent bramble leaves
Sloping fields
Holly leaves
Green stone wall 1
Green stone wall 2
Firs Farm and NW view to Fulwood Hall
Snowy Limb Brook 1
Snowy handfasting ground
Snowy branches
Snowy Limb Brook 2
Snowy gateway to heaven
Snowy cold and gold
Descent into the snowy beeches
Snow field at the edge
Snowy blue and gold
In among the snowy beeches
Snowy beeches - extraordinary light
Looking up at the snowy beeches
November broccoli tree 2
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Bole Hill Plantation - 'holly smelter' stone work
Limb Valley Bole Hill lead smelting site
A panoramic view showing all that remains of the stone-work at the 'holly smelter' site. The holly tree is growing over the stone-walled remains of what was almost certainly a lead smelting bole, high up on the northern edge of the Bole Hill Plantation in the Limb Valley, and possibly of 18th or early 19th century age. The walking stick is 0.9 m long.
A small square feature, depicting a building or structure of some sort appears on the 1st edition six-inch to one mile Ordnance Survey map published in 1854. It was probably disused even then, as the map shows the plantation all around it. Subsequent editions of the maps fail to show it, although curiously the feature has been resurrected on the latest OS maps, even though the structure has long since disappeared!
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.
A panoramic view showing all that remains of the stone-work at the 'holly smelter' site. The holly tree is growing over the stone-walled remains of what was almost certainly a lead smelting bole, high up on the northern edge of the Bole Hill Plantation in the Limb Valley, and possibly of 18th or early 19th century age. The walking stick is 0.9 m long.
A small square feature, depicting a building or structure of some sort appears on the 1st edition six-inch to one mile Ordnance Survey map published in 1854. It was probably disused even then, as the map shows the plantation all around it. Subsequent editions of the maps fail to show it, although curiously the feature has been resurrected on the latest OS maps, even though the structure has long since disappeared!
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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