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Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale

England
List entry 1011354
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011354
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
NY 29868 03195
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale is a prehistoric or early medieval earthwork located in the parish of Little Langdale in the Lake District region of Westmorland. The monument consists of a substantial mound of earth and stone that rises prominently from the surrounding landscape. Its precise dating remains uncertain, though such mounds in northern England may have served ceremonial, administrative, or defensive purposes during the prehistoric or early medieval periods. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1011354 and remains a notable feature of the local topography and archaeological heritage of the Little Langdale valley.

Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011354. View the official record →

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What is Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale?

Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale is a prehistoric or early medieval earthwork located in the parish of Little Langdale in the Lake District region of Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011354.

Who is responsible for protecting Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale?

Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale 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 1011354.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Seven Intakes medieval dispersed settlement 210m south west of Fell Foot (0.2 km), Long Intakes medieval dispersed settlement and associated kiln 370m south of Fell Foot (0.4 km), Greenburn copper mines and associated ore processing works (1.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Seven Intakes medieval dispersed settlement 210m south west of Fell Foot
0.2 km
Long Intakes medieval dispersed settlement and associated kiln 370m south of Fell Foot
0.4 km
Greenburn copper mines and associated ore processing works
1.5 km
Roman road in Wrynose Bottom
2.2 km
Coniston copper mines
4.4 km
Yewdale lime kiln 380m south west of Low Yewdale
4.5 km
Cairns on Foul Scrow
5.2 km
Roman road from Wrynose Bottom to Hardknott Ford
5.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale

Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.

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