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Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse

England
List entry 1007070
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007070
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.39 hectares
Grid reference
NY 33226 57568
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Settlement and field system north of Moorhouse is a prehistoric or Romano-British agricultural landscape monument located in Cumberland. The site comprises evidence of ancient settlement structures and associated field boundaries that reflect the organization of land use during the Iron Age or Roman period. The field system demonstrates the agricultural practices and territorial organization of early communities in the region, whilst the settlement remains indicate patterns of habitation. Such monuments are significant for understanding the development of rural settlement and land management in northern Britain during antiquity.

Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007070. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse?

Settlement and field system north of Moorhouse is a prehistoric or Romano-British agricultural landscape monument located in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007070.

Who is responsible for protecting Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse?

Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse 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 1007070.

What other scheduled monuments are near Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp (2.8 km), Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton (2.9 km), Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp (3.1 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.
Spotlight
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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

Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
2.8 km
Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
2.9 km
Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
3.1 km
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
3.2 km
Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
3.5 km
Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
3.6 km
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
3.8 km
Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
4.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse

Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse

Battle of SarkBattle (1448) · ~5.4 milesBattle of Solway Moss 1542Battle (1542) · ~7 miles
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