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Ritto Hill is a complex of later prehistoric settlement remains located in the open moorland west and north west of Linhope in Northumberland. The site comprises four unenclosed settlements alongside an associated enclosure, field system, and cairnfield, demonstrating sustained settlement and land use across the later prehistoric period. The unenclosed settlements consist of house platforms and associated structures typical of later Iron Age and Bronze Age occupation, whilst the field systems represent contemporary agricultural practice and pastoral management. The cairnfield indicates ritual or funerary practices integrated within the settlement landscape, collectively illustrating the hierarchical organisation and productive capacity of prehistoric communities in this upland region of northern England.
Unenclosed settlement, four later prehistoric settlements and enclosure, field system and cairnfield on Ritto Hill, west and north west of Linhope is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020248. View the official record →
Ritto Hill is a complex of later prehistoric settlement remains located in the open moorland west and north west of Linhope in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020248.
Unenclosed settlement, four later prehistoric settlements and enclosure, field system and cairnfield on Ritto Hill, west and north west of Linhope 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 1020248.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tower house and World War II air raid shelter, 360m east of Biddlestone Home Farm (8.3 km), Uplaw Knowe palisaded settlement (9.1 km), Romano-British farmstead, 275m north-east of Hosedon Linn (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Unenclosed settlement, four later prehistoric settlements and enclosure, field system and cairnfield on Ritto Hill, west and north west of Linhope'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.
Unenclosed settlement, four later prehistoric settlements and enclosure, field system and cairnfield on Ritto Hill, west and north west of Linhope stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.