Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle

Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle

England
List entry 1019902
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019902
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.49 hectares
Grid reference
NT 99132 53625
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The medieval church and graveyard situated approximately 330 metres north-west of Berwick Castle is a scheduled monument forming part of the ecclesiastical landscape associated with the castle and its immediate vicinity. The site represents the parochial arrangements of medieval Berwick, a significant frontier settlement whose religious provision would have served both the castle garrison and the burgess population. The graveyard, visible as an earthwork monument, preserves evidence of medieval burial practice and community organisation in this strategically important border location. The church structure itself, though now largely lost or heavily ruined, documents the ecclesiastical infrastructure that accompanied one of England's most contested medieval strongholds.

Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019902. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle?

The medieval church and graveyard situated approximately 330 metres north-west of Berwick Castle is a scheduled monument forming part of the ecclesiastical landscape associated with the castle and its immediate vicinity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019902.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle?

Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle 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 1019902.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure castle, two 16th century gun turrets and an early 17th century house (0.3 km), The medieval and post-medieval fortifications at Berwick upon Tweed (0.7 km), Monastic site identified as St Leonard's Nunnery (0.8 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle

Medieval church and graveyard 330m north west of Berwick Castle stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.