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Dunn Crags farmstead and irregular enclosed field system is an ancient monument located approximately 950 metres north-west of Colwell in Northumberland, comprising the remains of a medieval or post-medieval settlement with associated agricultural land divisions. The site consists of the earthwork traces of a farmstead together with an irregular pattern of field boundaries that reflect the piecemeal enclosure of open land characteristic of northern English upland regions. The monument is situated within the scheduled ancient monument designation NHLE 1009693, documenting a landscape of settlement and cultivation typical of the medieval and early modern periods in Northumberland's moorland margins.
Dunn Crags farmstead and irregular enclosed field system, 950m north-west of Colwell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009693. View the official record →
Dunn Crags farmstead and irregular enclosed field system is an ancient monument located approximately 950 metres north-west of Colwell in Northumberland, comprising the remains of a medieval or post-medieval settlement with associated agricultural land divisions. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009693.
Dunn Crags farmstead and irregular enclosed field system, 950m north-west of Colwell 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 1009693.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval cross, 400m south east of Crag House (7.3 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 in wall miles 22 and 23 (7.6 km), Defended settlement on Wall Crags (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dunn Crags farmstead and irregular enclosed field system, 950m north-west of Colwell'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.
Dunn Crags farmstead and irregular enclosed field system, 950m north-west of Colwell stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.