The Romano-British farmstead 470m north of Coldwell lies in the upper South Tyne valley of Northumberland, in the hinterland of Hadrian's Wall roughly 10–12km south of the frontier. It is one of numerous small native enclosed settlements characteristic of the region, likely occupied during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD, consisting of a curvilinear or sub-rectangular enclosure containing stone-founded round-houses and small yards — a pattern typical of indigenous farming communities continuing pre-Roman traditions under Roman administration.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Sites like this represent the rural economic base supplying agricultural produce and livestock to the Wall garrisons and vici, demonstrating how the native population of the Tyne valley participated in, but was not transformed by, the Roman frontier economy. It is not individually notable but contributes to the well-studied pattern of dense native settlement in the Wall's southern hinterland.
The site is known primarily from earthwork survey and aerial reconnaissance rather than excavation, with visible remains of an enclosure and hut circles recorded in the Northumberland HER. No published excavation results are known to me for this specific farmstead, and dating relies on morphological comparison with excavated parallels such as those at Kennel Hall Knowe or Belling Law.
The Romano-British farmstead 470m north of Coldwell lies in the upper South Tyne valley of Northumberland, in the hinterland of Hadrian's Wall roughly 10–12km south of the frontier. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.
Romano-British farmstead 470m north of Coldwell is classified as a Roman site — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Romano-British farmstead, 650m ENE of Wolf Crag (2.2 km), Romano-British farmstead, 500m north of Herpath House (2.3 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated annexe, 180m SSE of Herpath House (2.7 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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