Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRoman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee

Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee

England
List entry 1016139
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016139
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
NT 97265 23817
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930 metres north east of Langlee, is a prehistoric and Romano-British settlement monument located in Northumberland. The site comprises a scooped enclosure, a form of settlement earthwork characteristic of native communities during the Roman period in northern Britain, where domestic occupation was conducted within artificially depressed ground surfaces. Such enclosures typically represent farmsteads or small domestic settlements maintained by indigenous populations during the period of Roman military presence in the region. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding the continuity and adaptation of native settlement practices during the Romano-British period in Northumberland.

Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016139. View the official record →

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What is Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee?

Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930 metres north east of Langlee, is a prehistoric and Romano-British settlement monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016139.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee?

Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee 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 1016139.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed settlement, four later prehistoric settlements and enclosure, field system and cairnfield on Ritto Hill, west and north west of Linhope (7.3 km), Greaves Ash camp (7.4 km), Hunt Law round barrow and two round barrows 1000ft (300m) to N of it (7.4 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee

Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.