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Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite

England
List entry 1413845
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1413845
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.47 hectares
Grid reference
NY1264914987
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Smithy Beck settlement is a Bronze Age archaeological site located approximately 1.43 kilometres north-west of Low Gillerthwaite in Cumberland, England. The settlement comprises the remains of prehistoric structures and associated features indicative of Bronze Age occupation and activity in the upland regions of the Lake District. The site contributes to understanding of settlement patterns and land use during the Bronze Age in northern England, a period when such upland areas were utilised for habitation and resource exploitation. The monument is protected under national heritage legislation, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of ancient settlement in this landscape.

Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1413845. View the official record →

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What is Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite?

Smithy Beck settlement is a Bronze Age archaeological site located approximately 1.43 kilometres north-west of Low Gillerthwaite in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1413845.

Who is responsible for protecting Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite?

Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite 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 1413845.

What other scheduled monuments are near Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite (2.8 km), Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite (3.9 km), Cairns and hut circles at the junction of River Calder and Whoap Beck (4.7 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.
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

Prehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite
2.8 km
Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite
3.9 km
Cairns and hut circles at the junction of River Calder and Whoap Beck
4.7 km
Lank Rigg round cairn
5 km
Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor 825m west of Pearson's Fold, north of Cawfell Beck
5.8 km
Monks Graves prehistoric cairn cemetery, cairnfields, field system, funerary cairns and a ring cairn on Stockdale Moor
5.9 km
Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield
6.5 km
Stockdale Moor prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, unenclosed cairn cemetery, ring cairns and funerary cairns
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite

Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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