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0622

General Information

  • Registration number
    0622
  • Date constructed
    N/A
  • Century constructed
    Unknown
  • Evidence proof date
    local name
  • Evidence proof use
    local name
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    4

Address

  • Address
    Sinder Hill
  • Village or town
    Ulverston
  • County
    Cumbria
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Lancashire
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    SW

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    8
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Square
  • Back shape
    Rounded
  • Recess size
    24x24x19
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    21-24
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    N/A
  • Wall material
    Stone: slate
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2000
  • Pictures available
    BCT: Photo(s) (B/W & colour) & transparency(ies)

Notes

  • wall runs uphill; by 2000: wall repaired (with grant) and boles whitewashed inside; house (1600s-I) was originally a vicarage and pre-Reformation it belonged to Furness Abbey; Sinder Hill was an ancient bloomery site; 2007: only 7 boles reported
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