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Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House

England
List entry 1013506
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013506
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.42 hectares
Grid reference
NY 09001 47909
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Romano-British farmstead located 250 metres east-north-east of Belmont House is a settlement site dating to the Roman period in Britain. The site represents a typical Romano-British rural settlement, reflecting the agricultural economy and settlement patterns that characterised the Romano-British period across northern England. Such farmsteads were often modest establishments, organised around domestic and working structures intended to support subsistence and small-scale surplus agricultural production. The farmstead's location in Cumberland places it within the broader context of Romano-British settlement in the north-western frontier regions of Roman Britain.

Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013506. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House?

The Romano-British farmstead located 250 metres east-north-east of Belmont House is a settlement site dating to the Roman period in Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013506.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House?

Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House 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 1013506.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast (7.8 km), Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill (7.9 km), Allonby saltpan (8.1 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House

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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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
7.8 km
Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
7.9 km
Allonby saltpan
8.1 km
Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
8.1 km
Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
8.2 km
Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
8.6 km
Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
9.2 km
Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House

Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House

Battle of SarkBattle (1448) · ~18 miles
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