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Roman Ridge is a section of Roman road measuring approximately 100 metres in length, located in Yorkshire near Kimberworth Park Farm. The surviving stretch represents part of a significant Roman communication route that would have facilitated movement across the region during the Roman occupation of Britain. The ridge exhibits the characteristic raised profile typical of Roman road construction, where cambered surfaces and compacted layers were engineered to provide drainage and durability. This monument preserves evidence of Romano-British infrastructure and remains an important archaeological record of Roman military and commercial networks in the north of England.
Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004835. View the official record →
Roman Ridge is a section of Roman road measuring approximately 100 metres in length, located in Yorkshire near Kimberworth Park Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004835.
Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm 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 1004835.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top) (2.4 km), Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street (3.9 km), Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm'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: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm 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.