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Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton is a hilltop enclosure located in Northumberland, dating to the Iron Age period. The site comprises defensive earthworks consisting of banks and ditches that would have enclosed a settlement community, typical of fortified settlements established across northern Britain during this era. Such defended settlements served as focal points for regional populations, providing protection and functioning as centres of economic and social activity. The monument represents important archaeological evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the north of England during the centuries immediately preceding the Roman conquest.
Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018067. View the official record →
Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton is a hilltop enclosure located in Northumberland, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018067.
Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton 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 1018067.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient settlements on Hartside Hill (7.4 km), Ingram Farm: prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, agricultural and funerary remains (7.7 km), Enclosures on Meggrim's Knowe (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.