Source/Archive record SCH5449 - Lymm Slitting Mill, Lymm, Cheshire: Archaeological Excavation

Report on the excavation in 2005 of Lymm Slitting Mill, probably the best surviving example of its kind in the country. These excavations built on the results obtained from earlier excavation work between 1968 and 1974 and has permitted some re-interpretation of the conclusions drawn. It has also facilitated the production of a detailed plan of the site which, in it original format incorporated two waterwheels, each some 4.88 metres (16ft) in diameter. The main rolling and slitting area was situated between the two wheel pits, and will almost certainly have been a single, open-plan room. Other original elements of the mill included a furnace occupying the northern part of the main room, and two rooms within the eastern part of the mill, which appear to have been used as workshop and/or office areas