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Earthworks at Little Asby is an ancient monument located in Westmorland, comprising a series of field boundaries and settlement features of probable prehistoric or Romano-British origin. The site consists of linear earthwork banks and ditches that form rectangular or trapezoidal enclosures, typical of upland pastoral land division systems in northern England. The monument's exact chronology remains uncertain, though such field systems in the region are generally attributed to the Iron Age or Romano-British periods, reflecting agricultural reorganisation during these phases of settlement. The earthworks represent an important archaeological record of past land use and territorial arrangement in the Pennine uplands.
Earthworks at Little Asby is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007217. View the official record →
Earthworks at Little Asby is an ancient monument located in Westmorland, comprising a series of field boundaries and settlement features of probable prehistoric or Romano-British origin. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007217.
Earthworks at Little Asby 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 1007217.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round cairns, three Romano-British settlements and aggregate field systems at Severals and Intake, and Smardale Gill lime kilns and quarry (3.5 km), Smardale railway viaduct (3.6 km), Smardale South Demesne medieval village (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthworks at Little Asby'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.
Earthworks at Little Asby stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.