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Sandyfold Burn is an Iron Age settlement located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises the remains of enclosed homesteads and associated field systems characteristic of the later prehistoric period in northern Britain. The settlement demonstrates the pattern of dispersed agricultural communities that occupied the upland margins of Northumberland during the first millennium BCE. Its physical remains contribute to understanding the settlement strategies and land use practices of Iron Age societies in this region.
Sandyfold Burn settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006444. View the official record →
Sandyfold Burn is an Iron Age settlement located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006444.
Sandyfold Burn settlement 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 1006444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bewick Hill Moor camp, Old Bewick (6.8 km), Iron Age defended settlement in Camp Plantation, 350m north west of North Charlton Mill (7 km), Round cairns N of Tick Law (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sandyfold Burn settlement'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.
Sandyfold Burn settlement stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.