Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRoman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth

Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth

England
List entry 1017124
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017124
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
20.37 hectares
Grid reference
NY 87828 28526
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth?

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).

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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
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Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth

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.

The wider landscape

Around Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~23.6 miles