Do We Find Out Why it is Called Surrender Bridge?
Published 2024-04-24
The Surrender company’s Low and New mills grew increasingly dilapidated, but their replacement had to wait until after September 1839, when a new lease stipulated that the lessees should build a new mill and 457m of flue within two years. This was apparently done in 1841, when the mill accounts record that only 53.67 tons of lead, and no slag, were smelted.
Surrender lead smelt mill displays a wide range of well-preserved features associated with the lead processing industry. The mill itself retains important remains of the smelting processes and the adjacent peat store and slag works offer important scope for the wider understanding of the complex. Surrender mill complex preserves important archaeological remains which serve to illustrate the history and development of the lead industry throughout the region and the country.
The current mill structures date to 1839 and are built on the site of two earlier mills known as Low Mills. The smelt mill, which is Listed Grade II, is now a roofless ruin, although most of the walls still stand to their full height. It is built on an unusual symmetrical plan with two ore hearths on one side balanced by an ore hearth and a slag hearth on the other. The water wheel which powered the bellows stood in a wheel pit in the centre of the building. A roasting hearth was added later in a small room on the north east side of the main building. Two arched flues led away from the rear of the building and then joined to form a single flue extending up the fellside for 745m. Originally the flue was only 470m in length but was extended some time after 1854.
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All Comments (18)
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Another lovely area you have found with an interesting history. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe, Mark & Coral👍
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The whole area looks like a tapestry from above! Very cool!
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Hello David and Lindsay, enjoyed listening to the history of the Mill. Your photo footage was lovely. The drone footage was amazing. Such beautiful views, thank you for sharing x Julie and Tony x
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Loved it when we stayed at surrender bridge. Nice walks in all directions. Loved the history of the place. Lovely vlog thanks guys. 👍🚐🧙♂️🙏
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Thanks for the tour and history, regards
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Those are some great ruins. They have a nice bit of history behind them too. We have many mills even just in our state of Missouri, but we don’t always know the history of them. We have run across some that are restored and in parks etc that tend to have the full history. I’m generally more amazed by the random ones we find that still exist. Even though all broken down, it’s impressive that they are still there after so many years. You got some great drone footage of the ruins. Love the arch in that bridge. The little tiny waterfall is pretty too. I love all falls no matter how big or small. Thanks for another lovely walk, Lindsay 😊
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Very interesting location and by jove it looked cold 🥶 I hope you had your woolie draws on Lindsay 😄👍 ... love to you both 😘🤗❤👵🐾🐾🐾🤠 xxxx
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13:10 I'm starting to feel a bit dizzy.... no, only kidding! Good video folks. The Broons! I'd forgotten about them, Oor Wullie too. My Dad's stepmother was Scottish, and her and my Grandfather moved to Scotland in the mid-90s. When my sisters and I were still kids, she used to buy those annuals over there for us and mailed them over, she also left her older collection here for us when they went.
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Nice tour from Lindsay, those views were amazing! Great to hear about the history here too...
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Interesting place, thankyou both.
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A super place indeed 😊
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Interesting, thank you for sharing. ❤
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Some ghosts around there David and Lindsay. What a fascinating place. When you said that you were going to stay there I imagined that there was some sort of big battle there! Lovely film and footage of the Red Grouse. Not sure if I’ve ever seen one! Wild place and a pretty wild walk too But so atmospheric!!
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Interesting history about the smelt. Not much left but ruins? What kind of birds are those? They look similar to our "grouse"? Ah...red grouse. Grouse are pretty tasty, we call them mountain chickens or pine hens over here. We have three different species, Ruff Grouse, Blue Grouse, and Sage Grouse. Tell Lindsay I enjoyed her walks and dialog. 👍 Ah, Lindsay just mentioned people hunt them there as well. Take care you two. Sean
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Found bonawe an interesting wander around, will.have to check out surrender Bridge at some point now lol nice interesting video as always x
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hmm..Yt at it again..commented last night..GRRRrr
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A really interesting place, but I can't find it on Google Earth and it's really annoying me lol. I found somewhere, but I don't know if it's the same place. Lovely views, but as Lindsay said, bleak too.
