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Wharncliffe Rocks is a prehistoric and Roman period stone working site located in South Yorkshire, England. The site preserves evidence of quern stone quarrying and production spanning the Iron Age and Roman periods, reflecting the sustained exploitation of the local gritstone resources for the manufacture of hand mills used in grain processing. The workings are visible as shallow extraction marks and abandoned stones embedded in the rock face, demonstrating the techniques employed by ancient quarrymen to extract suitable blanks from the natural outcrop. This monument represents an important example of Romano-British industrial activity and the continuity of stone working practices from the pre-Roman Iron Age through the Roman occupation of Britain.
Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004802. View the official record →
Wharncliffe Rocks is a prehistoric and Roman period stone working site located in South Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004802.
Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004802.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood (4.7 km), Cowell Flat prehistoric field system, 350m south east of Mortimer House (5.9 km), Bailey Hill motte and bailey castle, High Bradfield (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.