Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRomano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm

Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm

England
List entry 1011555
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011555
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.58 hectares
Grid reference
NY 96607 81382
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A Romano-British farmstead situated 260 metres west of Plashetts Farm in Northumberland is a scheduled ancient monument representing domestic and agricultural settlement during the Roman occupation of Britain. The site dates to the Romano-British period and comprises the structural remains of a farmstead economy of that era. Its location in Northumberland places it within the broader context of Roman settlement patterns in the north of Britain, where such farmsteads formed part of the agricultural infrastructure supporting both military and civilian populations. The monument survives as earthwork or buried archaeological deposits that provide evidence of Romano-British rural settlement practices and land use in the region.

Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011555. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm?

A Romano-British farmstead situated 260 metres west of Plashetts Farm in Northumberland is a scheduled ancient monument representing domestic and agricultural settlement during the Roman occupation of Britain.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm?

Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm 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 1011555.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blue Crags hillfort, 730m north-west of Colwell (5.7 km), Stone hut circle, 950m north-west of Colwell (5.7 km), Univallate hillfort in Oxhill Plantation, 450m north-east of Great Swinburne (6.2 km).

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Overview
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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 260m west of Plashetts Farm

Romano-British farmstead 260m west of Plashetts Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.