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Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm

England

List entry 1006496

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1006496

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0 hectares

Grid reference

NY 91220 81599

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm is a Roman stone monument located in Northumberland, dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. The milestone survives as a cylindrical or squared stone shaft, typical of Roman road markers that indicated distances along major routes within the empire. Its presence near Waterfalls Farm reflects the Roman road network that connected military and civilian settlements across northern Britain during the Imperial period. Such milestones served both practical navigation purposes and propagandistic functions, often bearing inscriptions naming the reigning emperor and the distance to the nearest significant settlement or fort.

Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006496. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm?

Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm is a Roman stone monument located in Northumberland, dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006496.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm?

Roman milestone N of Waterfalls 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 1006496.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle on Money Hill (5.9 km), Romano-British farmstead, 120m south west of Cat's Elbow (6.5 km), Chipchase Tower (6.6 km).

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Monuments

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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

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte and bailey castle on Money Hill

5.9 km

Romano-British farmstead, 120m south west of Cat's Elbow

Round cairn, 450m SSE of Swinburne Castle

7.2 km

Round cairn, 650m south of Swinburne Castle

7.3 km

Standing stone, 770m south-east of Swinburne Castle

7.5 km

Round barrow N of Reaverhill

7.8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm

Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Roman milestone N of Waterfalls Farm

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~10.9 miles Battle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~7.8 miles Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~18.9 miles

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