What is recorded here

Scargill in County Durham, England holds a fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system. The structure and fields mark a place where people lived, worked and defended themselves before modern borders or rules. Whether that community was proud, fearful or simply practical is no longer certain. The ground still carries the shape of their choices.

The National Heritage List for England records Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Scargill fortified house was built in the medieval period, likely by a local landholding family, and is associated with a settlement and field system that reflects rural economic activity of the time. It is important as an example of medieval land use and defensive architecture in a regional context.

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