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Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook

England
List entry 1020343
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020343
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.72 hectares
Grid reference
NY 76158 17847
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway is located 620 metres south-west of Bell Nook in Westmorland, England. The site consists of the remains of a Romano-British agricultural settlement typical of rural settlement patterns in the north of Roman Britain, dating to the Roman period. The farmstead is accompanied by an ancient trackway, indicating the presence of organised land use and communication routes serving the local settlement and its economic activities. The monument represents evidence of Romano-British rural occupation and land management in the upland regions of the north-west of England during the Roman conquest and subsequent administrative period.

Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020343. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook?

A Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway is located 620 metres south-west of Bell Nook in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020343.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook?

Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook 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 1020343.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Great Musgrave shrunken medieval village (4.4 km), Water Houses clapper bridge (8.5 km), Rookby Scarth medieval settlement (8.9 km).

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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
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Great Musgrave shrunken medieval village
4.4 km
Water Houses clapper bridge
8.5 km
Rookby Scarth medieval settlement
8.9 km
Romano-British farmstead 700m east of Whingill
8.9 km
Romano-British farmstead 670m ESE of Whingill
9.1 km
Romano-British farmstead 650m south east of Whingill
9.2 km
Round barrow 200yds (180m) NE of Hell Gill Howe
9.5 km
Waitby Castle enclosed Romano-British settlement and part of a medieval dyke
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook

Romano-British farmstead and associated trackway 620m south west of Bell Nook stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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