Monument record 8233/1/9 - Tipping dock and tipplers

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{1}Apart from fragments of fallen timber nothing remains visible of the wooden tipping dock though some buried features may be present in the debris which has accumulated at the foot of the revetted embankment. Here also lie the two rusty iron tippler hods, fallen from the former tipping dock. Tipplers in good condition, date from early in the century.

{2} Remains of tippler including 2 steel hods used to transfer ore from narrow gauge to standard gauge wagons.


<1> Cadman G.E., 1997, Easton on The Hill Ironstone Quarrying: Reconnaissance Survey Report for SMR, (checked) (Report). SNN40038.

<2> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire, p.29 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN104759.

<3> Tonks E., 1992, The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Corby Area, p.270-90 (checked) (Book). SNN39836.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Report: Cadman G.E.. 1997. Easton on The Hill Ironstone Quarrying: Reconnaissance Survey Report for SMR. (checked).
  • <2> Gazetteer: Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group. 2001. A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire. John Stanley Publishers. p.29 (checked).
  • <3> Book: Tonks E.. 1992. The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Corby Area. 6. Runpast Publishing. p.270-90 (checked).

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Location

Grid reference TF 0041 0559 (point) Central
Civil Parish EASTON ON THE HILL, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2011 2:37PM

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