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The Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement on the north east slopes of Brands Hill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising scattered burial cairns and associated habitation evidence dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. Romano-British occupation of the site is evidenced by a village settlement and organised field system, indicating sustained agricultural use and settlement during the Roman period. A medieval field system overlies earlier phases of occupation, demonstrating continued land use and farming activity through the medieval period. The palimpsest of remains spanning multiple periods provides evidence of long-term human occupation and landscape exploitation on the Northumberland uplands.
Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement, Romano-British village and field system and medieval field system on north east slopes of Brands Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016240. View the official record →
The Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement on the north east slopes of Brands Hill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising scattered burial cairns and associated habitation evidence dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods.
Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement, Romano-British village and field system and medieval field system on north east slopes of Brands Hill 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 1016240.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system, cairnfield and cord rig cultivation immediately north west of Linhope Spout (7.8 km), Hunt Law round barrow and two round barrows 1000ft (300m) to N of it (8.2 km), Knock Hill promontory camp (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement, Romano-British village and field system and medieval field system on north east slopes of Brands Hill'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.
Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement, Romano-British village and field system and medieval field system on north east slopes of Brands Hill stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.