⇐ W.I.R.G.: 2nd Series Bulletin No. 25, 2005W.I.R.G.: 2nd Series Bulletin No. 27, 2007 ⇒
Wealden Iron Research Group: Second Series Bulletin No. 26, 2006, edited by D. W. Crossley, published 2006 (Wealden Iron Research Group, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
Field Notes, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, report, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
Content:- A possible Middle Iron Age bloomery in Hartfield
- A Roman-British bloomery in Maresfield
- A Late Iron Age bloomery in Maresfield
- A bloomery site in Maresfield
- Minepits in Milland, West Sussex
- A bloomery site in Hartfield, East Sussex
- A bloomery site in Rotherfield, East Sussex
Stephen Aynscombe and the Earl of Gondomar, by Tim Cornish, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, article, pp.6-9, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
In her article for Wealden Iron (2005) about John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts, Ruth Brown refers to Stephen Aynscombe as a smuggler of illicit ordnance to Portugal in 1620, working in tandem with the Spanish Ambassador, the Earl of Gondomar. Her general point about the prevalence of smuggling of ordnance is correct and Aynscombe, who came from Mayfield and who ran Pounsley Furnace, south of Hadlow Down had a record as a gun smuggler. However, there is some evidence that on this occasion Aynscombe was the victim of a false accusation which was inspired by national anti-Spanish feeling.
The Construction of a Wealden Blast Furnace, by R. G. Houghon, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, article, pp.10-30, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
As an architect I have always been interested, not only in the construction of the furnace but in the relationship between that, the layout and the process as it affects the design. It seemed natural to try to understand it by drawing it. Hence this, the last in a series of 1:50-scale axonometric drawings (Fig. 10, pp28-29). It is not meant to show any particular furnace, but is an amalgam of details from various sites and sources, put together to try to give an impression of a 17th-century gun-casting furnace. It must be borne in mind that details may vary, not only at different times and places but with different ironmasters as well.
Over a hundred furnaces were operating in the Weald at some time or other over a period of at least three hundred years, but all that remains of their structures above ground are a few low mounds of rubble and slag. Fortunately there are still enough sources available to enable us to get a fair idea of a typical furnace.
Over a hundred furnaces were operating in the Weald at some time or other over a period of at least three hundred years, but all that remains of their structures above ground are a few low mounds of rubble and slag. Fortunately there are still enough sources available to enable us to get a fair idea of a typical furnace.
John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts - Part 2: Bronze and Iron Guns 1630-45, by Ruth Brown, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, article, pp.31-50, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
Index, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, pp.51-55, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573] Download PDF
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