11 The Village, Wigginton. Archaeological Monitoring Report.

A watching brief was undertaken to monitor demolition and groundworks across the site of historic tannery in the village of Wigginton. Reduction of the ground level across the site exposed building remains and the remains of tanning pits which were recorded during the works. Significant remains of the 19th century tannery buildings were uncovered including the footprint of the potential beamhouse - where processing of the raw hides would have occurred - and in excess of 54 square, wooden tanks, where soaking and tanning of the hides would have taken place. The remains of the tannery could be allocated to three distinct phases, based on its depiction on Ordnance Survey maps from 1821 to 1909. A series of truncated ditches were uncovered below the tannery buildings which related to earlier use of the site, the presence of furrows to the south of the tannery buildings indicated this was likely agricultural in nature, however no datable evidence was recovered from these features.