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Settlement 25m SE of Gatra is a scheduled monument in Cumberland, located at grid reference NY 07029 20718. The site comprises 1.14 hectares protected by Historic England under reference 1007139. The settlement occupies ground underlain by the Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interbedded with coal and ironstone deposits of Westphalian age. This geological foundation shaped both the landscape and the resources available to inhabitants of the settlement.
The monument sits in the moorland terrain characteristic of the upland Pennine fringe, where communities established themselves to exploit local coal and ironstone deposits. Such settlements typically date from the medieval or early post-medieval period when extraction and processing of mineral resources intensified across northern England. The bedrock geology directly influenced settlement location and subsistence patterns, with ferricrete and ironstone weathering products providing raw material for iron working.
The scheduled designation recognises the site's archaeological significance and potential to reveal evidence of settlement layout, domestic activity and industrial practice. The 1.14 hectare protected area encompasses the core settlement remains where artefactual and structural evidence survives to inform understanding of upland community life and economic activity in this coal-bearing region of Cumberland.
Settlement 25m SE of Gatra is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007139. View the official record →
Settlement 25m SE of Gatra is a scheduled monument in Cumberland, located at grid reference NY 07029 20718.
Settlement 25m SE of Gatra 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 1007139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor (3.4 km), Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard (4.6 km), Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Settlement 25m SE of Gatra'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.
Settlement 25m SE of Gatra 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.