Romano-British farmstead and earlier palisaded settlement, 800m SSE of Bridge House

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History & significance

This Romano-British farmstead is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 800 metres south-south-east of Bridge House in Northumberland. The site encompasses evidence of occupation spanning from the Iron Age through to the Roman period, with earlier palisaded structures indicating settlement activity during the pre-Roman Iron Age. The farmstead itself dates to the Romano-British period and represents the type of rural agricultural settlement that characterised the occupied landscape of Roman Britain in the northern frontier region. Physical remains on the site reflect the transition between Iron Age settlement patterns and the adaptation of local communities to Roman administrative and economic systems.

Romano-British farmstead and earlier palisaded settlement, 800m SSE of Bridge House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008984. View the official record →

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