Miller, I. (2005). Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey.. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 5 (series 3). Vol 5, pp. 173-198. https://doi.org/10.5284/1064547. Cite this via datacite
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Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey. | ||
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the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey | ||
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Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 5 (series 3) | ||
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Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society | ||
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173 - 198 | ||
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The author presents documentary and archaeological evidence for the location and period of use of Cunsey Forge, a bloomery forge located on land adjacent to Cunsey Beck, on the west bank of Windermere, from 1618 to the mid-eighteenth century. The author discusses its location, origins and ironmasters, the characteristics of blast furnaces and refining forges in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the raw materials needed, transport, the protracted closure of the forge, and later developments concerning the site. A description of the surviving visible surface features is given, along with an account of a geophysical survey and the limited excavation of part of the main building. The different phases of use, and finds from the investigation, and described. | ||
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2005 | ||
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22 Mar 2006 |