Ring Stones comprises two adjacent Romano-British farmsteads situated on the limestone uplands above the Ribble valley in the Forest of Bowland fringe, Lancashire. The sites are characterised by small enclosed settlements with stone-walled or banked enclosures, likely occupied between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, representing the modest native pastoral farming that persisted under Roman rule in this part of Brigantian territory.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
The farmsteads form part of the dispersed rural settlement pattern in the hinterland of the Roman forts at Ribchester (Bremetennacum) and Overborough, indicating continued indigenous occupation and probable supply of livestock and produce to the military and roadside economies. They are typical of the upland Pennine fringe rather than nationally notable, but contribute to understanding the limits of Romanisation in northern England.
The site is known principally from earthwork survey, showing two small sub-rectangular enclosures with associated field banks and possible hut platforms; no significant modern excavation has been published, and dating relies largely on morphological comparison with similar Pennine farmsteads such as those at Eller Beck and Lea Green. Surface finds and any artefactual assemblage from Ring Stones specifically are minimal in the published record.
Ring Stones comprises two adjacent Romano-British farmsteads situated on the limestone uplands above the Ribble valley in the Forest of Bowland fringe, Lancashire. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.
Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones 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 Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead (0.7 km), Beadle Hill Romano-British farmstead (1.1 km), Bomber Camp Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure (15.2 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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