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Posted: 29 Jul 2020

Taken: 06 May 2020

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1/160 • f/6.3 • 15.0 mm • ISO 100 •

Canon EOS 600D

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

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

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Bole Hill Plantation view to south-west

Bole Hill Plantation view to south-west
Limb Valley Bole Hill lead smelting site

A view from the high and exposed western extremity of Bole Hill Plantation looking south-west over the Limb Valley, with the prominent coniferous Lady Canning's Plantation on the skyline.

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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 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Superb landscape!
4 years ago.
Earthwatcher club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Thank you Roger! We are just over 1000 ft elevation here, so a good view all round. Good for medieval lead smelting too!
4 years ago.

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