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Tongue How is a complex prehistoric and Romano-British archaeological landscape situated in Cumberland, England, comprising stone hut circles, field systems, funerary cairns, and a cairnfield that span multiple periods of occupation. The site's origins lie in prehistoric times, with evidence of settlement activity represented by the stone hut circles and associated field boundaries, whilst the funerary monuments indicate sustained use of the landscape for burial practices across the Bronze Age and later periods. A Romano-British farmstead is also present within the broader site complex, demonstrating continued agricultural activity during the Roman period. The landscape further includes later medieval features such as shielings and lynchets, testifying to pastoral and arable land management extending into the historic period, making Tongue How a valuable palimpsest of upland settlement and land use across multiple millennia.
Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchets is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018500. View the official record →
Tongue How is a complex prehistoric and Romano-British archaeological landscape situated in Cumberland, England, comprising stone hut circles, field systems, funerary cairns, and a cairnfield that span multiple periods of occupation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018500.
Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchets 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 1018500.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield (1.8 km), Stockdale Moor prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, unenclosed cairn cemetery, ring cairns and funerary cairns (3.3 km), Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor 825m west of Pearson's Fold, north of Cawfell Beck (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchets'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.
Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchets stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.