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Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee is a pastoral settlement site located in Northumberland. The monument comprises the remains of a shieling, a temporary or seasonal shelter used by herders managing livestock during transhumance practices, together with associated field enclosures dating to the medieval period. Such sites are characteristic of upland pastoral economies in northern England, where communities moved stock to higher grazing grounds during summer months. The archaeological remains represent evidence of the agricultural systems that sustained medieval moorland and fellside communities in this region.
Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014927. View the official record →
Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee is a pastoral settlement site located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014927.
Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee 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 1014927.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greaves Ash camp (6.6 km), Hunt Law round barrow and two round barrows 1000ft (300m) to N of it (6.9 km), Enclosures on Meggrim's Knowe (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.