Description

LONGDENDALE HODGE LANE SJ 99 SE SJ 98859350 (south side) 7/58 Stone bleaching baths 11.12.85 - II

Stone baths used for bleaching and dyeing. Late C18. Stone. 3 groups of baths, terraced into the hillside and being arranged in rows on either side of a deep central tunnel which is covered by stone slabs in places and earth in others. 3 groups: one of 30 baths; one of 6 or more and one of 14 or more (some having been covered by earth). Each bath is at least 2 m. in depth and the slab walls are tenoned together and held by iron stays.

Listing NGR: SJ9885193488

External Links

• Wikidata Q26320825

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