What is recorded here
Castle Street in Forfar held a tannery where raw hide became durable leather. The building stood among ordinary town houses yet performed brutal, smelly work for regional trade. People may have smelled oak gall and urine before they saw the bricks.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forfar, 139-45 Castle Street, Tannery as Tannery (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
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Forfar, Castle HillCastle (medieval) · 109 yd
Myre RoadSherd(s) (pottery)(period Unassigned) · 207 yd
Forfar, Castle Street, K6 Telephone KiosksTelephone Box (20th Century) · 260 yd
Forfar, Castle Street, Municipal BuildingsMunicipal Building(s) (19th Century) · 270 yd
Carseburn Road, ForfarNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 320 yd
Meffan Institute Museum & GalleryMuseum · 332 yd
Forfar, Green StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 336 yd
Forfar, Monument to Sir Robert Peel, Forfar CemeteryCommemorative Monument (19th Century) · 760 yd
Lowson Memorial Parish ChurchMemorial · 989 yd
St Margaret's InchHeadland · 1627 yd
Balmashanner HillViewpoint · 1651 yd