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Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system is a scheduled monument located on moorland in Northumberland, dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. The site comprises the remains of a settlement with associated agricultural field boundaries, reflecting the exploitation of upland terrain during prehistory. The monument lies at approximately 570 metres east of Ivy Pool and represents an important example of prehistoric land use and organisation in the North Pennines region. The field system and settlement structures survive as earthwork remains visible on the fell landscape, providing evidence of pastoral and arable activity in antiquity.
Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system, 570m east of Ivy Pool is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017962. View the official record →
Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system is a scheduled monument located on moorland in Northumberland, dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017962.
Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system, 570m east of Ivy Pool 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 1017962.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield 730m south east of Burntshield Haugh (0.8 km), Prehistoric hut circle settlement, farmstead and field system, 425m east of Burntshield Haugh (1.2 km), Hut circle settlement and field system, Romano-British settlement, hush and lead ore works, 750m north east of Burntshield Haugh (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system, 570m east of Ivy Pool'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.
Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system, 570m east of Ivy Pool stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.