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The Romano-British farmstead east of Little Urswick Crags is a rural settlement of the Roman period located in Lancashire. The site comprises the remains of a small agricultural establishment dating to the Romano-British era, representing the type of dispersed farming communities that characterised the countryside beyond major urban centres during Roman occupation. The physical evidence includes structural remains and associated archaeological features consistent with a modest farmstead of this period. Such sites are valuable indicators of rural settlement patterns and agricultural practice during the Roman presence in northern Britain.
Romano-British farmstead east of Little Urswick Crags is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013823. View the official record →
The Romano-British farmstead east of Little Urswick Crags is a rural settlement of the Roman period located in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013823.
Romano-British farmstead east of Little Urswick Crags 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 1013823.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank (1.6 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm (2.2 km), Lime kiln 100m east of Scales Green Farm (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British farmstead east of Little Urswick Crags'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 east of Little Urswick Crags stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.