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The enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly is a complex of Iron Age and later prehistoric monuments located in Northumberland. The site comprises multiple elements including defensive enclosures characteristic of native settlement patterns, field systems marked by cultivation terraces indicating agricultural organisation, and a cairn field representing funerary or ritual practice spanning an extended chronological period. These features collectively demonstrate the utilisation and management of the landscape by prehistoric communities, reflecting both domestic settlement and land use practices. The monument's survival as earthwork remains provides archaeological evidence for understanding the settlement hierarchy and economic strategies of Iron Age populations in northern England.
Enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015647. View the official record →
The enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly is a complex of Iron Age and later prehistoric monuments located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015647.
Enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly 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 1015647.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Elm Knowe,settlement (5.5 km), Outer Cock Law, old roads and linear earthwork (5.8 km), Kelsocleugh, farmstead 950m S of (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly'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.
Enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.