A method for producing a damped heel for high-heeled footwear, including the following steps: - providing an elongated sheath consistent with the height of the heel which has to be manufactured and structurally independent from said heel, provided at one of its longitudinal extremities with a seat for a resilient member, a first stop member being formed between the seat and the sheath, - providing an elongated rod provided with a second stop member and a tip at a first and a second longitudinal extremity thereof respectively, - pre-assembling a damping device, which is separated from said heel, by the following steps: - inserting the rod into the sheath, the rod being configured so as to move within the sheath between a first position in which the first and the second stop members (9, 10) abut against each other and the tip projects from the sheath and a second position in which the rod is caused to move within the sheath to enter at least partly within the sheath and the first stop member and the second stop member are at a distance from each other compressing the resilient member, - inserting the resilient member in the seat, through an opening thereof, - applying a plug having an contact surface for the resilient member to the opening of the seat in order to close off the opening, - embedding the damping device so obtained in a heel for footwear so that the tip projects at least partly beyond the heel. - providing an elongated sheath consistent with the height of the heel which has to be manufactured and structurally independent from said heel, provided at one of its longitudinal extremities with a seat for a resilient member, a first stop member being formed between the seat and the sheath, - providing an elongated rod provided with a second stop member and a tip at a first and a second longitudinal extremity thereof respectively, - pre-assembling a damping device, which is separated from said heel, by the following steps: - inserting the rod into the sheath, the rod being configured so as to move within the sheath between a first position in which the first and the second stop members (9, 10) abut against each other and the tip projects from the sheath and a second position in which the rod is caused to move within the sheath to enter at least partly within the sheath and the first stop member and the second stop member are at a distance from each other compressing the resilient member, - inserting the resilient member in the seat, through an opening thereof, - applying a plug having an contact surface for the resilient member to the opening of the seat in order to close off the opening, - inserting the rod into the sheath, the rod being configured so as to move within the sheath between a first position in which the first and the second stop members (9, 10) abut against each other and the tip projects from the sheath and a second position in which the rod is caused to move within the sheath to enter at least partly within the sheath and the first stop member and the second stop member are at a distance from each other compressing the resilient member, - inserting the resilient member in the seat, through an opening thereof, - applying a plug having an contact surface for the resilient member to the opening of the seat in order to close off the opening, - embedding the damping device so obtained in a heel for footwear so that the tip projects at least partly beyond the heel.