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The Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, cairn fields and rectangular enclosure 1km south-west of Debdon Whitefield is a Bronze Age landscape complex located in Northumberland. The site comprises multiple elements characteristic of prehistoric settlement and land-use patterns, including stone-built hut circles indicating domestic occupation, associated cairn fields suggesting pastoral activity and territorial organisation, and a rectangular enclosure of uncertain function. The monument dates to the Bronze Age period, representing evidence of settled communities engaged in mixed subsistence strategies across the upland terrain of northern England. The preservation of these distinct features in spatial relationship to one another provides important archaeological testimony to the character of Bronze Age settlement hierarchies and land management practices in the region.
Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, cairn fields and a rectangular enclosure 1km south-west of Debdon Whitefield is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011633. View the official record →
The Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, cairn fields and rectangular enclosure 1km south-west of Debdon Whitefield is a Bronze Age landscape complex located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011633.
Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, cairn fields and a rectangular enclosure 1km south-west of Debdon Whitefield 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 1011633.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm (4 km), Defended settlement, 360m north east of Pike House (4.1 km), Cairn 570m east-north-east of Wittondean Farm (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, cairn fields and a rectangular enclosure 1km south-west of Debdon Whitefield's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, cairn fields and a rectangular enclosure 1km south-west of Debdon Whitefield stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.