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Reecastle Crag hillfort

England
List entry 1012941
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012941
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.87 hectares
Grid reference
NY 27515 17547
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Reecastle Crag is a hillfort situated in Cumberland, England, occupying a naturally defensible rocky outcrop that rises prominently above the surrounding landscape. The fort exhibits the characteristic features of Iron Age hillforts, with evidence of prehistoric occupation and fortification dating to the pre-Roman period. Its position on elevated terrain provided commanding views across the surrounding terrain, a strategic location typical of defensive settlements from this era. The site remains an important archaeological example of Iron Age settlement patterns in the north-western regions of Roman Britain's frontier zone.

Reecastle Crag hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012941. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Reecastle Crag hillfort?

Reecastle Crag is a hillfort situated in Cumberland, England, occupying a naturally defensible rocky outcrop that rises prominently above the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012941.

Who is responsible for protecting Reecastle Crag hillfort?

Reecastle Crag hillfort 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 1012941.

What other scheduled monuments are near Reecastle Crag hillfort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Brund Fell (1.9 km), Shoulthwaite Gill hillfort, Thirlmere (2.8 km), Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag (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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell
1.9 km
Shoulthwaite Gill hillfort, Thirlmere
2.8 km
Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag
3 km
St Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey Buttress
4.6 km
Long Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall Buttress
4.9 km
Goldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leats
5.2 km
Dale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale Head
5.4 km
Dale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale Head
5.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Reecastle Crag hillfort

Reecastle Crag hillfort stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.

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