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This monument, located in Northumberland approximately 800 metres and 740 metres south of Elsdonburn Shank, comprises evidence of two distinct periods of settlement and land use. The site includes hut circles and cultivation terraces dating to the later prehistoric period, indicating sustained occupation and agricultural management of this upland landscape during the Iron Age or Bronze Age. Medieval settlement remains and associated field systems overlay or neighbour these earlier features, demonstrating the continuity and re-use of this agriculturally productive area throughout the medieval period. The monument thus presents a palimpsest of land exploitation spanning more than two millennia of human activity in the Northumberland uplands.
Hut circle, cultivation terraces and farmstead of later prehistoric date, and medieval settlement and field system 800m and 740m south of Elsdonburn Shank is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020380. View the official record →
This monument, located in Northumberland approximately 800 metres and 740 metres south of Elsdonburn Shank, comprises evidence of two distinct periods of settlement and land use. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020380.
Hut circle, cultivation terraces and farmstead of later prehistoric date, and medieval settlement and field system 800m and 740m south of Elsdonburn Shank 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 1020380.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park Law,fort (8.8 km), Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot (9.1 km), Park Law,homestead 500m SE of (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hut circle, cultivation terraces and farmstead of later prehistoric date, and medieval settlement and field system 800m and 740m south of Elsdonburn Shank'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.
Hut circle, cultivation terraces and farmstead of later prehistoric date, and medieval settlement and field system 800m and 740m south of Elsdonburn Shank stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.