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Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm

England
List entry 1003131
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003131
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SD 63018 76088
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman milestone 500ft south-east of Overtown Farm is a dressed stone monument dating to the Roman period, situated in Lancashire. The milestone represents evidence of Roman road infrastructure and administrative organisation within the province, serving as a waymarker along a significant route. Such monuments typically bore inscriptions recording distances to major settlements and the reigning emperor, though weathering and fragmentation often obscure these details on surviving examples. The stone's survival reflects the durability of Roman dressed masonry and its subsequent preservation in the landscape.

Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003131. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm?

Roman milestone 500ft south-east of Overtown Farm is a dressed stone monument dating to the Roman period, situated in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003131.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm?

Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm 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 1003131.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 375m ENE of Collingholme (1.5 km), Roman fort and civil settlement, Over Burrow (1.7 km), Castle Hill motte and bailey castle (4.4 km).

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Overview
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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
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 375m ENE of Collingholme
1.5 km
Roman fort and civil settlement, Over Burrow
1.7 km
Castle Hill motte and bailey castle
4.4 km
Castle Mound motte and bailey, Melling
5.8 km
Chapel Hill Motte, Arkholme
5.9 km
Clintsfield Colliery
6.4 km
Prehistoric defended enclosure and six adjacent hut circles at Tatham Park
7.9 km
Castle Stede motte and bailey, Hornby
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm

Roman milestone 500ft (150m) SE of Overtown Farm stands on Pennine Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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