Thesaurus Term/Concept: HORNCORE PIT

Identifier 69198
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A pit lined with the bony cores of animal horns. Thought to date from the 17th/18th centuries and believed to have been used in the tanning industry although some may have been used for casting cannon.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNW586 Junction of Midland Street and Sayers Street (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1198 Medieval building, yards and hornworking site, 46 High Street (Monument)
Monument Type MNF39663 Medieval crop-processing and hornworking site and possible friary gardens (Monument)
Monument Type MNF38038 Multi-period finds and features at former Start-Rite shoe factory, Duke Street (Monument)
Monument Type MNF44699 Multi-period site beside the River Wensum, former Start-Rite Factory (Monument)