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Holwick Fell is a complex ancient monument in Yorkshire containing substantial remains of human settlement and industrial activity spanning several millennia. The site comprises burial cairns and a burnt mound of prehistoric date, together with evidence of Roman-period and native settlement, a medieval settlement with associated field systems, and the remains of iron industry workings. Five shielings, the seasonal pastoral structures characteristic of upland pastoral economies, are also present on the fell. The monument's multi-period occupation and the survival of settlement structures across such an extended chronological range make it a significant record of changing land use and economic activity in the northern Pennine uplands from prehistoric times through the medieval period.
Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019860. View the official record →
Holwick Fell is a complex ancient monument in Yorkshire containing substantial remains of human settlement and industrial activity spanning several millennia. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019860.
Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell 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 1019860.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House (1.3 km), Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell (1.4 km), Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell'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.
Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.