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Craster defended settlement

England

List entry 1014506

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1014506

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.44 hectares

Grid reference

NU 25544 19546

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Craster defended settlement is an Iron Age fortified enclosure located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises a substantial univallate or bivallate earthwork, consisting of a ditch and bank system that enclosed a residential settlement, typical of the defended farmsteads characteristic of the northern British Iron Age. Dating to the Iron Age period, the monument represents evidence of agricultural communities who constructed defensive works around their domestic and farming spaces during this period. The earthwork remains visible as an archaeological feature, contributing to the archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns in Northumberland.

Craster defended settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014506. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Craster defended settlement?

Craster defended settlement is an Iron Age fortified enclosure located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014506.

Who is responsible for protecting Craster defended settlement?

Craster defended settlement 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 1014506.

What other scheduled monuments are near Craster defended settlement?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dunstanburgh Castle: Romano-British settlement, 14th century enclosure castle and harbour, and World War II pillbox and foxhole (2.2 km), Defended settlement, 600m south east of Red Stead (3.2 km), Dovecote S of Glebe Farm (3.6 km).

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Overview

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Dunstanburgh Castle: Romano-British settlement, 14th century enclosure castle and harbour, and World War II pillbox and foxhole

2.2 km

Defended settlement, 600m south east of Red Stead

3.2 km

Dovecote S of Glebe Farm

3.6 km

Deserted medieval village and chapel at Tughall

St Ebba's chapel and monastic site

9.3 km

Benthall round cairn

9.5 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Craster defended settlement

Craster defended settlement stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.

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