Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMaiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell

Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell

England
List entry 1006439
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006439
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
9.66 hectares
Grid reference
NY 66967 56981
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Maiden Way is a Roman road in Northumberland that forms part of the broader communication network of Roman Britain. The road runs across Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell in the Pennine region, serving to connect military and civilian settlements during the occupation period. The monument preserves evidence of Roman engineering and survives as an upstanding linear feature across moorland terrain. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important record of Roman infrastructure and territorial control in northern Britain during the Imperial period.

Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006439. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell?

Maiden Way is a Roman road in Northumberland that forms part of the broader communication network of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006439.

Who is responsible for protecting Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell?

Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell 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 1006439.

What other scheduled monuments are near Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Curricks camp (5.8 km), 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm (5.9 km), Roachburn Colliery (6.3 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Geology
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell

Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

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