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The ancient monument on the east slope of Brands Hill, located 550 metres west of Middleton Old Town in Northumberland, comprises evidence of settlement and land use spanning from the Roman period through the medieval age. The site contains the remains of native settlements dating to the Roman period, alongside field systems and a medieval shieling, demonstrating sustained occupation and agricultural exploitation of this upland location across multiple centuries. The field boundaries and settlement traces visible on the slope reflect patterns of both native land management during the Romano-British period and later pastoral use characteristic of medieval upland farming in northern England. The survival of these overlapping phases of activity on a single site provides significant evidence for continuity and change in settlement patterns and subsistence strategies in the Northumberland borderlands.
Roman period native settlements, field system and medieval shieling on the east slope of Brands Hill, 550m west of Middleton Old Town is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016238. View the official record →
The ancient monument on the east slope of Brands Hill, located 550 metres west of Middleton Old Town in Northumberland, comprises evidence of settlement and land use spanning from the Roman period through the medieval age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016238.
Roman period native settlements, field system and medieval shieling on the east slope of Brands Hill, 550m west of Middleton Old Town 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 1016238.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hunt Law round barrow and two round barrows 1000ft (300m) to N of it (7.3 km), Knock Hill promontory camp (7.4 km), Greaves Ash camp (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman period native settlements, field system and medieval shieling on the east slope of Brands Hill, 550m west of Middleton Old Town'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, field system and medieval shieling on the east slope of Brands Hill, 550m west of Middleton Old Town stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.