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King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well

England

List entry 1018935

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1018935

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

8.49 hectares

Grid reference

NY 61891 21320, NY 61998 21127, NY 62083 21175, NY 62140 21101, NY 61993 21415, NY 62066 20958

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

King's Meaburn is a medieval settlement in Westmorland, England, representing a nucleated village pattern characteristic of organised medieval colonisation in the Pennine region. The settlement is associated with an extensive open field system, demonstrating the agricultural infrastructure and land management practices of the medieval period. Bessygarth Well, located within the settlement area, is an ancient monument that served the community's water supply needs. The site, designated under list entry 1018935, preserves evidence of medieval rural organisation and settlement morphology typical of northern English upland communities.

King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018935. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well?

Who is responsible for protecting King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well?

King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well 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 1018935.

What other scheduled monuments are near King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts (9.2 km), Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill (9.3 km), Romano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of Gilts (9.3 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

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

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts

9.2 km

Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill

9.3 km

Romano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of Gilts

9.3 km

Medieval shieling south of Cow Green

9.3 km

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill

9.4 km

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green

9.4 km

Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road

9.5 km

Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck

9.6 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well

King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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