Romano-British farmstead and medieval field system 100m south west of Bell Nook

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A Romano-British farmstead and medieval field system is located approximately one hundred metres south-west of Bell Nook in Westmorland. The site comprises archaeological evidence of Romano-British occupation and use alongside later medieval agricultural terracing and field boundaries that reflect the evolution of land management in the region. The Romano-British element demonstrates the extension of settled farming activity into the upland areas of northern England during the Roman period, whilst the medieval field systems represent the continuation and reorganisation of agricultural land use in the medieval period. The survival of both phases at this location provides evidence of long-term patterns of landscape exploitation in the Westmorland uplands.

Romano-British farmstead and medieval field system 100m south west of Bell Nook is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018597. View the official record →

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