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Bran's Walls is a Romano-British enclosed settlement located approximately 400 metres south-south-east of Kielder Head in Northumberland. The site consists of defensive earthworks characteristic of the Romano-British period, featuring an enclosure defined by substantial bank and ditch systems typical of fortified settlements of the later Roman era in northern Britain. Its position within the borderland landscape of Northumberland reflects the strategic importance of such settlements during the later stages of Roman occupation, when local populations maintained enclosed homesteads for both habitation and protection of livestock and resources.
Bran's Walls Romano-British enclosed settlements, 400m SSE of Kielder Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009670. View the official record →
Bran's Walls is a Romano-British enclosed settlement located approximately 400 metres south-south-east of Kielder Head in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009670.
Bran's Walls Romano-British enclosed settlements, 400m SSE of Kielder Head is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009670.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gibbie's Knowe defended settlement and later rectangular building (3.2 km), Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge (5.4 km), Kershope Castle (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bran's Walls Romano-British enclosed settlements, 400m SSE of Kielder Head's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bran's Walls Romano-British enclosed settlements, 400m SSE of Kielder Head stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.