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Roman Ridge is a section of Roman road approximately 660 metres in length running from Meadowhall Road to Hill Top in Yorkshire. The monument represents part of the Roman communications network that served the northern frontier of Roman Britain, likely dating from the first and second centuries AD when military and commercial traffic moved between major Roman settlements and forts. The earthwork survives as a raised ridge and associated ditches, demonstrating the substantial engineering required to construct durable road surfaces capable of supporting sustained military and administrative traffic across the Pennine landscape. This section of road forms part of a longer Roman route that connected key strategic positions across northern England during the Roman occupation period.
Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004807. View the official record →
Roman Ridge is a section of Roman road approximately 660 metres in length running from Meadowhall Road to Hill Top in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004807.
Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top) 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 1004807.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane (0.6 km), Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street (1.6 km), Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)'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.
Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top) 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.