This is a small Romano-British rural settlement in the Cheviot foothills of north Northumberland, situated in the upper Till valley near Lanton in the parish of Kirknewton. Sites of this character in the region typically comprise enclosed farmsteads of stone or earthwork construction, occupied broadly between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, though native settlement in this area often shows continuity from later Iron Age origins.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
The site lies in the hinterland north of Hadrian's Wall, beyond the formal frontier but within the zone of Roman influence and control extending up Dere Street toward the outpost forts; settlements here represent the indigenous farming population whose surplus likely supplied the military markets. The Lanton/Yeavering area is notable for a dense cluster of such enclosed settlements, reflecting sustained native occupation of fertile, well-drained land beside the Glen and Till.
No published excavation is recorded for this specific site, and it is known principally from aerial photography and surface survey identifying enclosure features in the cropmark and earthwork record. Comparable excavated examples nearby (e.g. at Yeavering, Hetha Burn, and Wether Hill) show stone-walled enclosures containing round timber or stone houses with associated yards and stock pens.
This is a small Romano-British rural settlement in the Cheviot foothills of north Northumberland, situated in the upper Till valley near Lanton in the parish of Kirknewton. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Romano British settlement, 655m north east of Lanton Hill Monument is classified as a Roman settlement — 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 settlements E of Yeavering Bell containing the Old Sheepfold settlement and settlements to the W and S of it (3 km), Roman period native settlement, associated field system and trackway, and medieval farmstead 270m south of Torleehouse (3.4 km), Three Roman period native settlements and later droveway 750m south west of Torleehouse (3.8 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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