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Watch Hill is a Romano-British and post-medieval farmstead located in Cumberland. The site contains archaeological remains spanning two distinct periods of occupation, reflecting the long history of agricultural settlement in the region. The Romano-British phase represents evidence of farming activity during the Roman occupation of Britain, whilst the post-medieval structures document continued agricultural use of the location in later centuries. The physical remains preserve important evidence of domestic and productive activity across these chronologically separated periods of occupation.
Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013968. View the official record →
Watch Hill is a Romano-British and post-medieval farmstead located in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013968.
Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill 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 1013968.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road (3 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52 (3.4 km), Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.