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Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood

England
List entry 1008239
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008239
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.71 hectares
Grid reference
NY 52713 21525
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable established scholarly information about a Romano-British settlement specifically designated as Cragside Wood in Westmorland with the list entry reference you have provided. Rather than risk presenting inaccurate details about this particular site, I must acknowledge this limitation. If you have access to the official National Heritage List for England entry 1008239 or relevant archaeological reports, those sources would provide the authoritative details needed for an accurate description of this monument's period, character, and historical significance.

Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008239. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood?

I do not have reliable established scholarly information about a Romano-British settlement specifically designated as Cragside Wood in Westmorland with the list entry reference you have provided.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood?

Romano-British settlement at Cragside 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 1008239.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge (6 km), Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds (6.6 km), Skellaw Hill bowl barrow (6.7 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
6 km
Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
6.6 km
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
6.7 km
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
6.8 km
Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
7.2 km
Keld Chapel
7.5 km
Round cairn west of White Raise
8.1 km
Round cairn on White Raise
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood

Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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