Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRomano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head

Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head

England
List entry 1008837
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008837
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.69 hectares
Grid reference
NY 98450 90941
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A Romano-British farmstead is a modest agricultural settlement of the Roman period located 1.3 kilometres north east of Harwood Head in Northumberland. The site represents the remains of a civilian rural establishment dating to the Romano-British era, reflecting the pattern of agricultural exploitation and settlement that extended into the native British landscape during the Roman occupation of Britain. The farmstead exemplifies the type of small-scale farming community that supplied produce and livestock to support the broader Romano-British economy and military installations across the region. As a designated ancient monument, the site preserves evidence of Romano-British rural life and settlement patterns in the upland areas of northern England during the first few centuries of the Christian era.

Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008837. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head?

A Romano-British farmstead is a modest agricultural settlement of the Roman period located 1.3 kilometres north east of Harwood Head in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008837.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head?

Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head 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 1008837.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village (site of) at West Whelpington Crag (7.2 km), Round cairn, 500m north-west of Crookdene Farm (7.5 km), Medieval farmstead, 450m north east of Berry Hills (7.6 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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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 Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head

Romano-British farmstead, 1.3km north east of Harwood Head stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.