Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Greenfield Valley Mills
Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Watermill
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1977
- Community
- Holywell
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.28321, -3.21499
- SAM number
- FL160
- Cadw record number
- 3433
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1588 "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the scheduled monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a mill, a factory used for processing raw materials. This complex consists of a group of water mills which provided power for a series of industries in the Greenfield Valley; viz: [a.] Brass and copper battery works 1766-1802, rolling mills 1823-1898; [b] Meadow Mills-rolling mill 1787-1860s; ( c) Cotton Mill - 1785-1840.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of manufacturing techniques and processes. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Meadow MillsLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Greenfield HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Royal Oak PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- The SurgeryHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.