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Castle Folds is a Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling located in Westmorland, England. The site comprises the remains of stone-built structures dating to the Romano-British period, defended by surrounding earthworks, alongside evidence of later medieval pastoral use as a shieling or summer grazing settlement. The hut circles and their defensive arrangement reflect settlement patterns of the Romano-British period in northern England, while the subsequent use of the site during the medieval period demonstrates the continuity of occupation in upland pastoral landscapes. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding both Romano-British frontier settlement and medieval transhumance farming practices in the Lake District region.
Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011141. View the official record →
Castle Folds is a Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011141.
Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling 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 1011141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds (0.4 km), Friar Biggins monastic grange (1.1 km), Gamelands embanked stone circle (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.