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Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen

England
List entry 1007141
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007141
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.18 hectares
Grid reference
NY 04108 36552
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Netherhall Park is a medieval site located on the left bank of the River Ellen in Cumberland, England. The monument represents settlement activity from the medieval period within the river valley landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site contributes to understanding medieval occupation patterns and resource use in this region of northwest England. The physical remains visible within the park preserve evidence of medieval activity, though the precise nature and extent of structures require archaeological investigation to fully establish.

Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007141. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen?

Netherhall Park is a medieval site located on the left bank of the River Ellen in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007141.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen?

Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen 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 1007141.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Netherhall (0.1 km), Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort (0.5 km), Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road (0.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Netherhall
0.1 km
Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
0.5 km
Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
0.6 km
18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
0.7 km
Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
0.8 km
Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
0.9 km
Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
1.5 km
Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
2.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen

Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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