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Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite

England
List entry 1408243
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1408243
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.87 hectares
Grid reference
NY1429511456
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval shielings at Great Cove is an ancient monument comprising the remains of seasonal pastoral structures in Cumberland. The site consists of shieling huts positioned at Great Cove, south of Low Gillerthwaite, representing the upland pastoral economy of medieval northern England. Shielings were temporary dwellings used by herders during summer months when livestock was moved to high pasture, a practice known as transhumance that was fundamental to the agrarian systems of the north. The archaeological remains at this location provide evidence of medieval Highland and moorland land use patterns in the region.

Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1408243. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite?

Medieval shielings at Great Cove is an ancient monument comprising the remains of seasonal pastoral structures in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1408243.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite?

Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite 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 1408243.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yokerill Hows, group of seven cairns (4.7 km), Stockdale Moor prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, unenclosed cairn cemetery, ring cairns and funerary cairns (5.5 km), Gray Borran group of cairns (5.5 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Yokerill Hows, group of seven cairns
4.7 km
Stockdale Moor prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, unenclosed cairn cemetery, ring cairns and funerary cairns
5.5 km
Gray Borran group of cairns
5.5 km
Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor
6.9 km
Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor
7.3 km
Prehistoric enclosure containing three hut circles and eight clearance cairns and an adjacent hut circle and cairnfield north east of Boat How, Burnmoor
8.6 km
Prehistoric enclosure containing ten clearance cairns south west of Boat How, Burnmoor
8.8 km
Prehistoric enclosure, hut circle and adjacent cairnfield east of Whillan Beck, Burnmoor
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite

Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.

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