Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church

Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church

England
List entry 1016083
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016083
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.18 hectares
Grid reference
NY 56217 74735
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 370 metres west-north-west of St Cuthbert's Church in Cumberland, England. The site represents a dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of the medieval period, comprising the earthwork remains of dwelling sites and associated agricultural features spread across the landscape rather than concentrated in a nucleated village form. Such dispersed settlement patterns are common in upland and marginal areas of northern England, where pastoral land use and smaller, isolated farming communities predominated. The monument is protected under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and is registered on the National Heritage List for England under designation reference 1016083.

Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016083. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church?

Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 370 metres west-north-west of St Cuthbert's Church in Cumberland, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church?

Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church 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 1016083.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge (4.3 km), RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant (6.7 km), Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill (7.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church

Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~17.3 milesBattle of Solway Moss 1542Battle (1542) · ~12 milesBattle of SarkBattle (1448) · ~16.2 miles