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Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm

England
List entry 1011677
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011677
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
NY 42012 06340
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm is a pastoral settlement structure located in Westmorland in the Lake District region of north-west England. Shielings were temporary or seasonal settlements used during the medieval period by shepherds and herders who moved livestock to upland pastures during summer months, a practice known as transhumance. The site represents evidence of this important medieval agricultural system, which sustained upland communities and formed a significant part of pastoral economy in northern England. The monument survives as earthwork remains that document the physical infrastructure of medieval upland pastoral husbandry in this landscape.

Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011677. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm?

Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm is a pastoral settlement structure located in Westmorland in the Lake District region of north-west England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011677.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm?

Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm 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 1011677.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement on W slope of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park (0.4 km), Low Kingate concentric stone circle (0.6 km), Round cairn 15m east of Hagg Gill (0.6 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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement on W slope of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
0.4 km
Low Kingate concentric stone circle
0.6 km
Round cairn 15m east of Hagg Gill
0.6 km
Round cairn 75m east of Hagg Gill
0.7 km
Round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill
0.8 km
Prehistoric rock art, 150m south west of Nook End
4.7 km
Slight univallate hillfort on Allen Knott
5.3 km
Ambleside Roman fort, associated vicus and Roman road
5.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm

Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.

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