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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 →
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. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013383.
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 Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013383.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval shieling 300m north of Clough Fold (0.4 km), Two medieval shielings 240m north west of Clough Fold (0.5 km), Two medieval shielings 210m north west of Clough Fold (0.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, irregular aggregate field system,five enclosures,a well,a cairnfield and trackways on St John's and Threlkeld Commons'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 stone hut circle settlement, irregular aggregate field system,five enclosures,a well,a cairnfield and trackways on St John's and Threlkeld Commons stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.