Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, irregular aggregate field system,five enclosures,a well,a cairnfield and trackways on St John's and Threlkeld Commons

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The prehistoric stone hut circle settlement on St John's and Threlkeld Commons is a Bronze Age landscape of significant archaeological complexity situated in Cumberland. The monument comprises multiple integrated elements including five enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system, a cairnfield, trackways, and a well, representing a coherent settlement pattern and land-use strategy from the second millennium BCE. The stone hut circles themselves indicate domestic occupation, whilst the field systems and enclosures demonstrate contemporary agricultural management and pastoral activity across the commons. Together these features form an important record of Bronze Age settlement expansion into upland terrain and the organised exploitation of moorland resources during prehistory.

Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, irregular aggregate field system,five enclosures,a well,a cairnfield and trackways on St John's and Threlkeld Commons is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013383. View the official record →

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