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Little Urswick Crags is a Romano-British farmstead located in Lancashire, situated within an upland landscape characteristic of the northern frontier zone of Roman Britain. The site comprises the remains of a small agricultural settlement dating to the Roman period, reflecting the extensive rural settlement patterns that extended beyond the major military installations and towns of Roman occupation. The farmstead demonstrates the integration of Romano-British agricultural communities into the wider economic and social structures of the province, with its position in the Cumbrian uplands indicating productive land use during the first and second centuries AD. Such sites provide crucial evidence for understanding the daily life, farming practices, and domestic organisation of rural populations during the Roman occupation of Britain.
Romano-British farmstead on Little Urswick Crags is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013822. View the official record →
Little Urswick Crags is a Romano-British farmstead located in Lancashire, situated within an upland landscape characteristic of the northern frontier zone of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013822.
Romano-British farmstead on 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 1013822.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank (1.7 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm (2.3 km), Lime kiln 100m east of Scales Green Farm (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British farmstead on 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 on 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.