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Palisaded settlement on Bleakmoor Hill is an Iron Age enclosed settlement located in Northumberland, situated approximately 700 metres north west of Biddlestone Townfoot farm. The monument comprises an enclosure defined by a substantial timber palisade, a defensive feature characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in northern Britain. The site dates to the Iron Age period and represents evidence of domestic occupation and territorial control within the upland landscape of Northumberland during this era.
Palisaded settlement on Bleakmoor Hill, 700m north west of Biddlestone Townfoot farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008562. View the official record →
Palisaded settlement on Bleakmoor Hill is an Iron Age enclosed settlement located in Northumberland, situated approximately 700 metres north west of Biddlestone Townfoot farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008562.
Palisaded settlement on Bleakmoor Hill, 700m north west of Biddlestone Townfoot farm 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 1008562.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn, 530m west of Holystone Grange (8.5 km), Bastle, 100m south-west of Holystone Grange (8.6 km), Round cairn 340m west of The Beacon (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Palisaded settlement on Bleakmoor Hill, 700m north west of Biddlestone Townfoot farm'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.
Palisaded settlement on Bleakmoor Hill, 700m north west of Biddlestone Townfoot farm stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.