Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPrehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook

Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook

England
List entry 1015765
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015765
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.8 hectares
Grid reference
NY 52149 78041
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook is a system of ancient agricultural earthworks located in Cumberland, England. The terraces date to the prehistoric period and represent evidence of early farming practices and land management in the region. The earthworks consist of linear banks and associated features that follow the contours of the landscape, indicating deliberate terracing to facilitate cultivation on sloping ground. Such features are characteristic of prehistoric agricultural activity in upland and marginal areas of northern England, where they served to stabilise soil and enable the growing of crops in challenging terrain.

Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015765. View the official record →

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What is Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook?

Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook is a system of ancient agricultural earthworks located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015765.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook?

Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook 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 1015765.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church (5.2 km), Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle (5.6 km), Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg (5.9 km).

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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook

Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.