Weir for Eardington Upper Forge
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Weir for Eardington Upper Forge
Image: © Chris Hodrien Taken: 10 Nov 2019
This is on the Mor Brook and is a masonry dam 30 yards long and raising the water level by 15'. Sluices supplied the Upper Forge and the tail race from there constituted a navigable canal and water supply to the Lower Forge. This is the most spectacular publicly accessible remnant of the Upper Forge as the other remains are in a trout farm and not accessible. The pond behind the dam/weir is now very largely silted up. The forges made fine charcoal iron for gun barrels, wire and horseshoe nails.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.504135
Longitude
-2.407449