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A defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill is an Iron Age monument located in Northumberland. The site comprises the remains of a settlement enclosed by defensive earthworks, together with associated field systems that demonstrate the agricultural organisation of the community. The defensive characteristics and field arrangements are typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the broader region, reflecting both domestic occupation and land management practices of the period. The monument survives as upstanding earthworks and provides evidence of Iron Age settlement hierarchy and territorial use in northern England.
Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016470. View the official record →
A defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill is an Iron Age monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016470.
Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill 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 1016470.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm (2.1 km), Rudchester Roman fort, associated civil settlement and a section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum from the A69 to the March Burn in wall mile 13 (2.4 km), Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill'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 and field boundary on Horsley Hill stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.