Hewitson, C. and Royles, E. (2015). The Lion Salt Works. British Archaeology 143. Vol 143, pp. 28-33.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
The Lion Salt Works | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
Celebrating the salt industry | ||||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
British Archaeology 143 | ||||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
British Archaeology | ||||||
Volume Volume number and part |
143 | ||||||
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
66 | ||||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
28 - 33 | ||||||
Biblio Note This is a Bibliographic record only. |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database. The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions. | ||||||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | ||||||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The Lion Salt Works in Cheshire, which operated from 1894 until 1986, is one of the last four historic open-pan salt-making factories in the world, and is thus a highly significant site. Following its closure the works was purchased by the local council. It was open to the public as a museum until 2009, and was designated as a Scheduled Monument in 2002. However, despite restoration and essential maintenance, a number of buildings collapsed and others were unsafe and inaccessible to the public. A major restoration project was therefore begun in 2009. This article first outlines the geology of the area and the history of salt-making from the Iron Age period onwards, including the industrialisation of processes in the 19th century and the history of the Lion Salt Works itself. The restoration project and the creation of galleries explaining the story of the salt industry is then discussed. Before construction work began, the fragile remains were recorded in great detail by a 3D laser scan funded by English Heritage. The resultant 3D map was used to create architectural and structural drawings for the restoration, and was also used to analyse the complete buildings, allowing a new understanding of how they functioned. The entire restoration was monitored by archaeologists, enabling the recording of keyhole excavations throughout the site, and some limited archaeological evaluation and excavation was also undertaken. LD | ||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2015 | ||||||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
|
||||||
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(biab_online)
|
||||||
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
12 Dec 2015 |
