Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHigh Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell

High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell

England
List entry 1019917
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019917
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.36 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 36491 43780
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

High Haswell Chapel is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately three hundred metres south-east of Low Haswell in County Durham. The chapel dates to the medieval period and represents a significant example of small rural ecclesiastical architecture from that era. The monument survives in fragmentary form, retaining structural evidence of its original construction and layout. As a registered heritage site under the National Heritage List for England, High Haswell Chapel remains an important record of medieval religious provision in the Durham landscape.

High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019917. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell?

High Haswell Chapel is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately three hundred metres south-east of Low Haswell in County Durham.

Who is responsible for protecting High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell?

High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell 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 1019917.

What other scheduled monuments are near High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield (0.8 km), Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm (1.8 km), Ludworth Tower (2.6 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell

High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

The wider landscape

Around High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell

Battle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~6.7 milesBattle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~17.8 miles