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Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race

England

List entry 1018934

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1018934

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

23.78 hectares

Grid reference

NY 62375 16553, NY 62489 16792, NY 62546 16559, NY 62579 16703, NY 62403 16296, NY 62218 16909

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Maulds Meaburn is a medieval settlement in Westmorland, England, whose remains form part of a scheduled ancient monument that includes associated open field systems and a mill race. The site preserves evidence of medieval agrarian organisation typical of the Lake District region, with field boundaries and settlement patterns reflecting the period's agricultural practices. The mill race represents the industrial infrastructure that complemented the rural economy of the settlement. The monument survives as earthwork features and landscape elements that collectively document the medieval use and organisation of this Westmorland locality.

Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018934. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race?

Maulds Meaburn is a medieval settlement in Westmorland, England, whose remains form part of a scheduled ancient monument that includes associated open field systems and a mill race.

Who is responsible for protecting Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race?

Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race 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 1018934.

What other scheduled monuments are near Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings (5.4 km), Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike (6.2 km), Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe (6.4 km).

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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

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Local Names

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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

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings

5.4 km

Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike

6.2 km

Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe

6.4 km

Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell

6.5 km

Round cairn on Howenook Pike

6.7 km

Friar Biggins monastic grange

7 km

Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 350m WNW of Maisongill

7.2 km

Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling

7.4 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race

Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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