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Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg

England
List entry 1013509
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013509
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.47 hectares
Grid reference
NY 03538 35216
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ewanrigg is a Romano-British settlement and trackway situated in Cumberland in the north-west of England. The site comprises evidence of occupation and associated linear features dating to the Roman period, reflecting the pattern of rural settlement and communication networks that characterised Romano-British activity in the upland regions of northern England. The trackway represents an important element of the local transport infrastructure connecting settlements during the occupation period. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England entry 1013509.

Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013509. View the official record →

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What is Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg?

Ewanrigg is a Romano-British settlement and trackway situated in Cumberland in the north-west of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013509.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg?

Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg 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 1013509.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln (0.8 km), Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement (1.1 km), Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road (1.1 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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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
0.8 km
Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
1.1 km
Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
1.1 km
18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
1.3 km
Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
1.5 km
Burrow Walls Roman fort
6 km
Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
6.9 km
Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg

Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg stands on Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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