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Defended settlement 900m west of Calder is a prehistoric earthwork located in Northumberland. The site consists of a defended enclosure whose archaeological character indicates occupation during the Iron Age, a period of significant settlement expansion across northern Britain. The monument's defensive features, comprising banks and ditches, represent the settlement strategies characteristic of communities in this region during the later prehistoric period. Such defended settlements served both domestic and protective functions, reflecting the social organisation and resource management practices of Iron Age populations in the North East.
Defended settlement 900m west of Calder is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019933. View the official record →
Defended settlement 900m west of Calder is a prehistoric earthwork located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019933.
Defended settlement 900m west of Calder 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 1019933.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Leafield Edge medieval settlement and field system (6.4 km), Palisaded settlement on Hart Law (6.9 km), Enclosed settlement 310m south west of White Gate (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Defended settlement 900m west of Calder'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.
Defended settlement 900m west of Calder stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.