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Wheata Wood is a Romano-British field system and settlement located in Yorkshire. The site comprises evidence of agricultural organisation and domestic occupation dating to the Roman period, representing the pattern of rural settlement and land management characteristic of Romano-British communities. The field system demonstrates the structured approach to land division employed during Roman occupation, whilst the settlement evidence indicates sustained habitation and farming activity in this part of Yorkshire during the Roman era. Such sites contribute significantly to understanding how Romano-British populations organised their landscape and integrated into the economic systems of Roman Britain.
Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018473. View the official record →
Wheata Wood is a Romano-British field system and settlement located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018473.
Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood 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 1018473.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge (5.3 km), Little Matlock rolling mill immediately south and east of Olive Terrace (5.3 km), Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood'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 field system and settlement at Wheata Wood stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.