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The Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces located 600 metres north east of Brown's Law Cottage is a prehistoric fortified settlement with associated agricultural features dating to the Iron Age period. The site comprises a defended enclosure together with field systems incorporating cultivation terraces, which evidence both residential occupation and contemporary farming activity. Such defended settlements are characteristic of Iron Age communities in northern Britain, reflecting patterns of settlement hierarchy and territorial control during the first millennium before the Common Era. The combination of fortification with formal cultivation terraces demonstrates the integration of defensive and subsistence strategies within Iron Age settlement planning in the Northumberland landscape.
Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces 600m north east of Brown's Law Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019139. View the official record →
The Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces located 600 metres north east of Brown's Law Cottage is a prehistoric fortified settlement with associated agricultural features dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019139.
Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces 600m north east of Brown's Law Cottage 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 1019139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long cairn on the south western slope of Dod Hill, 1km north east of The Dod (7 km), Stone circle and stone alignment 370m west of Threestoneburn House (7.1 km), Round cairn on the southern slope of Dod Hill, 800m NNE of The Dod (7.2 km).
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