Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPrehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee

Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee

England
List entry 1016245
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016245
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.37 hectares
Grid reference
NT 96553 22647, NT 96552 22569, NT 96512 22394, NT 96356 22344
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

This monument complex in Northumberland comprises a Bronze Age field system with associated settlement features located northwest of Langlee Crags. The site includes prehistoric enclosures, an unenclosed round house settlement, and three cairns that collectively represent Bronze Age land management and habitation practices. The field boundaries and domestic structures indicate organised agricultural activity and residential occupation during the Bronze Age period, while the cairns may serve both funerary and territorial functions typical of this era. This clustering of features demonstrates the integration of settlement, agriculture, and ritual practice characteristic of Bronze Age communities in upland Northumberland.

Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016245. View the official record →

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What is Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee?

This monument complex in Northumberland comprises a Bronze Age field system with associated settlement features located northwest of Langlee Crags. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016245.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee?

Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee 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 1016245.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greaves Ash camp (6.2 km), Enclosures on Meggrim's Knowe (6.7 km), Alnamsheles medieval settlement, 600m west of Alnhammoor (7.2 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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee

Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

The wider landscape

Around Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee

Battle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~3.8 milesBattle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~10.1 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~18.7 milesThe Site of The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333Battle (1333) · ~20.6 miles