Hoylandswaine Nail Forge

There are three rooms, each of which would originally have had its own hearth. The hearth is the fire pit where iron rods were heated to a temperature high enough to make the metal workable. The fire would have been brought to the correct temperature by forcing air through the fire from hand-operated bellows. The bellows currently in the forge may not be original but are certainly at least a hundred and fifty years old.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 07 September:

1000-1500

Location & directions

The Nail Forge, Barnsley Road, Hoylandswaine, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S36 7JA

Contact on day:

Keith Whitaker

Telephone number:

+447752586941

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The forge is a small building which is not regularly open to the public and has no visitor facilities.

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