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Butterknowle Coke Ovens, Breckon Hill (Butterknowle)

A large area near the stream has held several banks of 19th century beehive coke ovens. Now only a small group of three ovens remains, one partially collapsed. They have stone fronts with brick linings. (2)

Three back to back beehive coke ovens survive from a once larger bank lying in the base of a disused quarry at Butterfield. The bank is of local stone, with brick-lined ovens, and appear to be typical top loaders with a flue system. Each ven is 11 feet in diameter with top centre hole, back flue, and additional rather larger side flue. Further north there is a substantial stone retaining wall, and north of that a stone wall with a longitudinal room of bricks laid along the top. This could possibly be a flue system to a remote chimney, required because the site is in a narrow valley. There is firebrick rubble at various points for some hundred metres south of the ovens. (4)

D791
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)


Source of Reference
Local History of Butterknowle
Local History of Butterknowle

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