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Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm

England
List entry 1013089
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013089
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.69 hectares
Grid reference
NY 87164 78358
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Goodwife's Hut is a Romano-British settlement located in Northumberland, situated approximately 310 metres west-north-west of South Farm. The site represents occupation during the Roman period in northern Britain, when such dispersed rural settlements were characteristic of the landscape beyond the immediate control of military installations. The monument survives as surface remains and archaeological evidence indicating domestic and possibly agricultural activity typical of Romano-British rural communities in this region.

Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013089. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm?

Goodwife's Hut is a Romano-British settlement located in Northumberland, situated approximately 310 metres west-north-west of South Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013089.

Who is responsible for protecting Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm?

Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South 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 1013089.

What other scheduled monuments are near Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Roman fort, vicus, bridge abutments and associated remains of Hadrian's Wall at Chesters in wall mile 27 (9.1 km), Round cairn, 1.1km west of Middle House (9.4 km), Round cairn, 1.34km west of Middle House (9.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Roman fort, vicus, bridge abutments and associated remains of Hadrian's Wall at Chesters in wall mile 27
9.1 km
Round cairn, 1.1km west of Middle House
9.4 km
Round cairn, 1.34km west of Middle House
9.4 km
Round cairn, 1.36km west of Middle House
9.5 km
Prehistoric rock art west of Middle House
9.5 km
Fishponds, 250m north west of Walwick Grange Farm
9.6 km
Coesike East Roman temporary camp
9.7 km
Coesike West Roman temporary camps 1 and 2
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm

Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Goodwife's Hut Romano-British settlement, 310m WNW of South Farm

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~8 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~9.6 miles
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