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Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system is an ancient monument located 450 metres west of Crosbythwaite in Cumberland, comprising evidence of prehistoric land use alongside later medieval settlement remains. The site contains a cairnfield typical of upland prehistoric activity, indicating Bronze Age or later prehistoric occupation and pastoral management of the landscape. Associated with this are the earthwork remains of a dispersed medieval settlement, together with lynchets, the terraced field boundaries created through centuries of ploughing on sloping ground. The monument thus represents successive phases of human land use spanning from prehistory through the medieval period.
Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system and a dispersed medieval settlement and associated lynchets 450m west of Crosbythwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020279. View the official record →
Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system is an ancient monument located 450 metres west of Crosbythwaite in Cumberland, comprising evidence of prehistoric land use alongside later medieval settlement remains. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020279.
Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system and a dispersed medieval settlement and associated lynchets 450m west of Crosbythwaite 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 1020279.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well (5.3 km), Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well (5.3 km), Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system and a dispersed medieval settlement and associated lynchets 450m west of Crosbythwaite's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system and a dispersed medieval settlement and associated lynchets 450m west of Crosbythwaite stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.