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Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse

England

List entry 1013014

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1013014

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.32 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 29647 44489

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Tannery, Scotchman's Copse is a post-medieval tannery site located in Surrey, England. The site represents evidence of leather-working activity from the early post-medieval period, reflecting the importance of tanning as a domestic and regional craft industry. The monument survives as archaeological earthworks and deposits indicative of the tanning process, including features associated with the preparation and treatment of hides. Such rural tannery sites provide valuable archaeological evidence of medieval and post-medieval manufacturing practices and the organisation of craft production away from major urban centres.

Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013014. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse?

Tannery, Scotchman's Copse is a post-medieval tannery site located in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013014.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse?

Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013014.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thunderfield Castle medieval moated site (2 km), Medieval moated site with adjoining paddock boundaries, Lodge Farm, South Park (4.8 km), Medieval settlement remains 100m south east and 150m south west of Oldlands Farm, Tinsley Green (5 km).

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Overview

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Thunderfield Castle medieval moated site

2 km

Medieval moated site with adjoining paddock boundaries, Lodge Farm, South Park

4.8 km

Medieval settlement remains 100m south east and 150m south west of Oldlands Farm, Tinsley Green

5 km

Bowl barrow on Earlswood Common 20m south of Pendleton Road

Moated site and associated earthworks on Pound Hill, 700m east of Gatwick Stream.

7.3 km

Medieval moated site at Ifield Court

7.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse

Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval or Early Post-medieval Tannery, Scotchman's Copse

LondonRoman town · ~22.8 miles Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~21.5 miles

Domesday entry for Nutfield and Nutfield, Surrey →

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