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Defended enclosure at Salterbeck

England
List entry 1007071
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007071
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.07 hectares
Grid reference
NX 99694 25865
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Defended enclosure at Salterbeck is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Cumberland in the north-west of England. The site consists of an enclosed area defined by defensive earthworks typical of Iron Age fortifications, representing a form of settlement common across northern Britain during the later prehistoric period. Such defended enclosures served both domestic and defensive functions, providing protected space for communities and their livestock. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding Iron Age settlement patterns and social organization in the upland regions of northern England.

Defended enclosure at Salterbeck is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007071. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Defended enclosure at Salterbeck?

Defended enclosure at Salterbeck is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Cumberland in the north-west of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007071.

Who is responsible for protecting Defended enclosure at Salterbeck?

Defended enclosure at Salterbeck 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 1007071.

What other scheduled monuments are near Defended enclosure at Salterbeck?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay (1.9 km), Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house (3.1 km), Hayes Castle (3.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
1.9 km
Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
3.1 km
Hayes Castle
3.3 km
Burrow Walls Roman fort
4.3 km
Parton Roman fort
5.3 km
Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
5.5 km
Old quay and old quay lighthouse
8 km
Whitehaven Old Fort, an 18th century coastal battery overlooking Whitehaven Harbour and an associated lime kiln, 80m west of the southern end of Old Quay
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Defended enclosure at Salterbeck

Defended enclosure at Salterbeck stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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