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Holwick Fell contains a complex palimpsest of archaeological remains spanning multiple periods from prehistory to the early modern era. The site encompasses Bronze Age burial cairns and a burnt mound, indicating ritual and domestic activity in the second millennium BC, alongside evidence of Romano-British settlement and native occupation during the Roman period. Medieval settlement is represented by a field system and structures associated with iron working, demonstrating the economic importance of the fell during the Middle Ages. Five shieling sites, which are pastoral summer shelters characteristic of upland pastoral economies, indicate the continued use of Holwick Fell for stock management into the early modern period, illustrating the long-term exploitation of this upland landscape for both resource extraction and animal husbandry.
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 contains a complex palimpsest of archaeological remains spanning multiple periods from prehistory to the early modern era. 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).
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