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Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire

England
List entry 1007254
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007254
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.66 hectares
Grid reference
NY 35111 54585
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises rectilinear enclosures whose precise dating and functional interpretation remain subjects of archaeological study, though such field monuments are typically associated with Iron Age or Romano-British settlement patterns. The earthwork survives as an archaeological landscape feature and represents evidence of ancient land use and territorial organisation in the region. The monument's protected status reflects its significance as a record of prehistoric and protohistoric settlement activity in northern England.

Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007254. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire?

Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007254.

Who is responsible for protecting Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire?

Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire 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 1007254.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton (0.7 km), Bishop's Dyke (3.8 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton (4.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
0.7 km
Bishop's Dyke
3.8 km
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
4.3 km
Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
4.8 km
Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
4.9 km
Carlisle Cathedral precinct
4.9 km
Town wall, section on West Walls
5 km
Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire

Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire

Battle of SarkBattle (1448) · ~7.5 milesBattle of Solway Moss 1542Battle (1542) · ~8.3 miles
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