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This monument group immediately south east of East Force Garth is a complex of Roman period native settlement features and associated industrial remains. The site comprises hut circles, field systems, bloomeries for iron smelting, lead smelting structures, and charcoal pits, indicating intensive occupation and metalworking activity during the Roman period. The presence of these varied installations demonstrates the economic diversity of the native community at this location, with evidence for both domestic settlement and specialist craft production. The bloomeries and lead smelting site are particularly significant as indicators of technological knowledge and access to ore sources during the later prehistoric and Roman periods.
Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017124. View the official record →
This monument group immediately south east of East Force Garth is a complex of Roman period native settlement features and associated industrial remains. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017124.
Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth 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 1017124.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman period native settlement, medieval bloomery, building and track, and a charcoal pit at Keld Smithy Green, Holwick Fell (2.1 km), Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House (2.7 km), Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.