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Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead

England
List entry 1009497
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009497
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.48 hectares
Grid reference
SD 88867 33702
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have established scholarly information about a site specifically named "Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead" in Lancashire with the NHLE reference 1009497. Rather than provide invented details, I must acknowledge that this particular designation and site name do not appear in the standard archaeological and heritage sources available to me. To provide accurate information about this monument, I would require access to the official Historic England entry or peer-reviewed archaeological reports on this specific site. If you have access to the NHLE listing itself, that would contain the authoritative description of its period, character, and significance.

Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009497. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead?

I do not have established scholarly information about a site specifically named "Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead" in Lancashire with the NHLE reference 1009497.

Who is responsible for protecting Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead?

Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead 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 1009497.

What other scheduled monuments are near Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist Castle (0.1 km), Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones (0.7 km), Ring cairn on Slipper Hill (1 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist Castle
0.1 km
Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones
0.7 km
Ring cairn on Slipper Hill
1 km
Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture
1.1 km
Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture
1.1 km
Ice house at Towneley Hall
4.5 km
Warren at Everage Clough 450m north east of New Copy Farm
5.3 km
Oakmount Mill engine and engine house, Wiseman Street
5.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead

Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

Domesday entry for Stansfield, Yorkshire →
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