Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPrehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood

Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood

England
List entry 1019935
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019935
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.89 hectares
Grid reference
SD 98251 64289
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood is a Bronze Age or Iron Age site located in Yorkshire. The settlement comprises a cluster of hut circles, the remains of domestic structures typical of later prehistoric communities in northern Britain, together with surviving evidence of contemporary agricultural land organisation in the form of field boundaries. The site represents an important example of settlement patterning and land use during the later prehistoric period in the region. The unenclosed nature of the settlement distinguishes it from the more formally defended hillforts of the same era, indicating a community organised around domestic and pastoral activities rather than fortification.

Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019935. View the official record →

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What is Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood?

The prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood is a Bronze Age or Iron Age site located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019935.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood?

Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood 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 1019935.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge (1.9 km), Redmayne packhorse bridge (2.2 km), Linton churchyard cross and sundial (2.5 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood

Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and associated field system at Little Wood stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.