Monument Type(s):

• TANNERY (Early 18th century to Late 19th century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD?)

Summary

Scheduled Monument: An 18th century leather production site which had its tanning pits set into the old moat of the medieval manor.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Scheduled in 1997. Scheduled Monument description: ->

-> From the 18th century onwards the land immediately to the SW of the moated island was used for tanning operations. The buildings associated with these activities are situated to the SW of the moated site, whilst several small ponds, separated by stone retaining walls, have been laid out within the moat ditch itself. Here, the hides would have been steeped in vegetable solutions contiaining tannin and washed during the preparation processes of producing leather. The ponds are included in the Scheduling, though the former tanning buildings are excluded. .. The moated site at Castle Farm, Cheney Longville, survives well in the form of substantial earthworks and buried deposits and is unusual in being associated with a series of substantial standing buildings of medieval origin .. Evidence for the reuse of part of the moat as tanning pits in the 18th and 19th centuries preserves valuable information about the tanning industry and the way it was carried out on this site <1>

<01> English Heritage, 1997, Scheduling Papers (New Scheduling, 18/02/1997) (Scheduled Monument notification). SSA834.

Sources

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