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Trundale Gill is a prehistoric and later settlement complex located in Westmorland, England, comprising a hut circle settlement with associated field systems and cairnwork dating primarily to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. The site includes a round cairn, a hut circle, three shielings representing later pastoral use, and regular aggregate field boundaries that demonstrate sustained land management across multiple chronological phases. The arrangement of these features indicates long-term occupation and exploitation of the upland landscape, with the hut circles and cairn representing Bronze Age activity whilst the shielings reflect medieval and post-medieval sheepherding practices. The survival of both prehistoric and later structures in situ provides archaeological evidence of continuity and adaptation in upland settlement patterns across more than two millennia.
Trundale Gill prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, regular aggregate field system, enclosures, hut circle, round cairn, and three shielings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018828. View the official record →
Trundale Gill is a prehistoric and later settlement complex located in Westmorland, England, comprising a hut circle settlement with associated field systems and cairnwork dating primarily to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018828.
Trundale Gill prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, regular aggregate field system, enclosures, hut circle, round cairn, and three shielings 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 1018828.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead and medieval village 540m north east of the crossing point of Hag Lane and Lycum Sike (4.5 km), Three round barrows on Brackenber Moor, 190m, 220m and 500m south east of Appleby Golf Club (5.1 km), Howgill Fold Romano-British farmstead (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Trundale Gill prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, regular aggregate field system, enclosures, hut circle, round cairn, and three shielings's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Trundale Gill prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, regular aggregate field system, enclosures, hut circle, round cairn, and three shielings stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.