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Palisaded Settlement


Impression of a small palisaded settlementPalisaded settlements were small timber-fortified domestic sites dating to the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age (c. 550–440 BC). They were located primarily in northern England and southern Scotland. They were amongst the earliest type of defended settlements, featuring rock-cut trenches for wooden palisades, circular buildings, and stock enclosures. In later periods, timber was replaced by earthen defenses. Fewer than 200 surviving examples of palisaded settlement sites are known.

Iron Age Uplaw Knowe palisaded settlement Bronze Age Murton High Crags Settlements Palisaded settlement, NW of Northfieldhead Palisaded settlement on Hart Law
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Palisaded settlement, NW of Northfieldhead
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Palisaded settlement, NW of Northfieldhead
- Scheduled Monument area, to the north-west of Alnham - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). On Northfield Hill, near Northfieldhead, about 1½km north-west of Alnham in Northumberland, is …
Murton High Crags Settlements
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Murton High Crags Settlements
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Murton High Crags are located between Murton and Longridge in Northumberland. The earthwork remains of an Iron Age …
Palisaded settlement on Hart Law
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Palisaded settlement on Hart Law
- Hart Law is a hill in the Cheviots, located about 1¼km noeth-west of Prendwick in Northumberland. On the hill are the earthwork remains of a palisaded settlement, featuring rock-cut trenches …
Uplaw Knowe palisaded settlement
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Uplaw Knowe palisaded settlement
- Map showing Uplaw Knowe palisaded settlement, to the NW of Clennell (zoom-in to view the Scheduled Monument area). Uplaw Knowe is a modest hill of 370m height in the Cheviots …

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