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Fountains Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery near Ripon in North Yorkshire, had two buildings dedicated to tanning operations, say experts. Tanning is converting animal skin into leather.
Experts have deciphered the original purpose of a mysterious patch of land next to Fountains Abbey in northern England.
Archaeologists at Fountains Abbey say it "had always been a puzzle" what the buildings were for.
Discovery of foundations of ‘industrial scale’ medieval tannery at abbey has astonished experts
Rosedale Abbey This walk begins in the picturesque village of Rosedale Abbey – itself a slight misnomer since there never was an abbey here, only a priory, and precious little remains even of that, its stones having been absorbed into the buildings that surround the village green. We have a new walk around Kirkham Abbey in our April/May 2021 issue. On sale 21st April. All the routes were correct at the time of publication, over time access to certain parts of the walk may be subject to change. We advise you acquire a recent OS map of the area you plan to visit and confirm there are no ma...