Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRomano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood

Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood

England
List entry 1018473
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018473
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
11.93 hectares
Grid reference
SK 32701 94312
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood?

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).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood

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.

The wider landscape

Around Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~22.9 miles