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Saltwick Nab alum quarries is a scheduled ancient monument located near Whitby in North Yorkshire, comprising extensive quarry workings and associated industrial remains dating from the seventeenth century onwards. The site represents the physical legacy of alum production, a significant chemical industry that flourished along the Yorkshire coast during the early modern period, with the quarries extracting alum shale which was then processed to produce alum for use in textile dyeing and other manufacturing processes. The quarry faces and spoil heaps remain visible within the landscape, testament to the scale of extraction activity undertaken at this location over several centuries of industrial exploitation.
Saltwick Nab alum quarries is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017779. View the official record →
Saltwick Nab alum quarries is a scheduled ancient monument located near Whitby in North Yorkshire, comprising extensive quarry workings and associated industrial remains dating from the seventeenth century onwards. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017779.
Saltwick Nab alum quarries 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 1017779.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 640m WSW of Stoupe Brow Farm (10.3 km), Cup and ring marked rock 460m south west of Stoupe Brow Farm (10.3 km), York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor (10.4 km).
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