Scheduled MonumentsEnglandShieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly

Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly

England
List entry 1015194
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015194
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
NT 87912 21737, NT 87935 21739
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly is a prehistoric and later settlement site located in Northumberland. The monument comprises a shieling, a seasonal pastoral shelter, and an associated enclosure, representing evidence of upland land use and exploitation. The site reflects patterns of transhumance and pastoral farming practised across the northern Pennines and upland Northumberland during the medieval and post-medieval periods, though the enclosure may incorporate earlier elements. The remains survive as earthwork features within the upland landscape, recording the historical interaction between communities and the moorland environment.

Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015194. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly?

Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly is a prehistoric and later settlement site located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015194.

Who is responsible for protecting Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly?

Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly 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 1015194.

What other scheduled monuments are near Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outer Cock Law, old roads and linear earthwork (5.2 km), Kelsocleugh, farmstead 950m S of (5.3 km), Windy Gyle,cairns 480m & 700m NE of summit of (6.6 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly

Shieling and enclosure 840m SSW of Mounthooly stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.