Information for record number MWA8993:
Possible Post Medieval Tanning Activity, Market Place, Alcester

Summary The possible site of a tannery, where animal hides were turned into leather. It is indicated by a dump deposit of Post Medieval material. The deposit was found in Market Place, Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Tannery
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 A Post Medieval dump deposit found during excavation. It contained cattle horn cores and reused timber planks, possibly from tanning activity.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Evaluation at Market Place, Alcester
Author/originator: Thompson P
Date: 2001
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report 0136
   
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument TANNERY * A manufacturing complex where the hides of animals are turned into leather, consisting of buildings for fleecing and drying, as well as treatment pits. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument HIDE * A shelter, sometimes camouflaged, for the observation of birds and animals at close quarters. back
monument MARKET PLACE * An area, often consisting of widened streets or a town square, where booths and stalls may be erected for public sales. back

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