Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee

Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee

England
List entry 1014927
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014927
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
NT 96270 23039
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee?

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).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee

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.