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The defended settlement on Beanley Moor is an Iron Age enclosed settlement located in Northumberland, approximately 780 metres east of Beanley South Side Farm. The site comprises an area enclosed by defensive earthworks, characteristic of the settlement pattern prevalent in northern Britain during the Iron Age period. Such enclosed settlements served as fortified homesteads or small communal centres, providing protection and defining territorial boundaries for their inhabitants. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains a valuable archaeological record of Iron Age settlement organisation and defensive strategy in the North East of England.
Defended settlement on Beanley Moor 780m east of Beanley South Side Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011550. View the official record →
The defended settlement on Beanley Moor is an Iron Age enclosed settlement located in Northumberland, approximately 780 metres east of Beanley South Side Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011550.
Defended settlement on Beanley Moor 780m east of Beanley South Side Farm 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 1011550.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Univallate hillfort and medieval tower, 750m East of Callaly Castle (9.1 km), Edlingham Castle fortified manor and solar tower (9.4 km), Edlingham deserted village (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Defended settlement on Beanley Moor 780m east of Beanley South Side Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Defended settlement on Beanley Moor 780m east of Beanley South Side Farm stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.