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Smithy Beck settlement is a Bronze Age or Iron Age upland settlement located in the Lake District fells of Cumberland, situated approximately 860 metres north west of Low Gillerthwaite. The site comprises a longhouse structure at Latterbarrow, representative of domestic settlement patterns in the upland zones of northern England during prehistory. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents evidence of pastoral or mixed agricultural land use in the high fell country, where such settlements exploited the marginal upland environment. The site's position and character contribute to understanding of prehistoric settlement distribution and economic practices in the Cumbrian landscape.
Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m north west of Low Gillerthwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1408211. View the official record →
Smithy Beck settlement is a Bronze Age or Iron Age upland settlement located in the Lake District fells of Cumberland, situated approximately 860 metres north west of Low Gillerthwaite. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1408211.
Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m 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 1408211.
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 (2.1 km), Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite (3.4 km), Cairns and hut circles at the junction of River Calder and Whoap Beck (5.2 km).
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