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Sandsend alum house is a scheduled ancient monument located in the North York Moors near Whitby. The site dates from the seventeenth century, when alum production became a significant industrial enterprise in the North Yorkshire coast. Alum, a mordant essential for fixing dyes in textiles, was extracted and processed at such works through a labour-intensive chemical process involving the roasting and leaching of alum shale. The remains at Sandsend preserve evidence of this important phase in English industrial archaeology, demonstrating the scale of mineral extraction and chemical manufacturing that characterised the region during the early modern period.
Sandsend alum house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018140. View the official record →
Sandsend alum house is a scheduled ancient monument located in the North York Moors near Whitby. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018140.
Sandsend alum house 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 1018140.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor (8.7 km), 'Pen Howe' tumuli (9.2 km), 'Greenlands Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor (9.4 km).
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