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Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill

England
List entry 1004837
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004837
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.33 hectares
Grid reference
SK 38192 91039
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman Ridge is an ancient linear earthwork situated on the southeastern slopes of Wincobank Hill in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch formation extending approximately 160 metres in length, representing a significant example of Iron Age defensive or territorial engineering. The earthwork is generally considered to date to the Iron Age period, though its precise chronology and function remain subjects of archaeological study. Its position on the hillside suggests a role in controlling movement or marking boundaries within the landscape of prehistoric Yorkshire.

Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004837. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill?

Roman Ridge is an ancient linear earthwork situated on the southeastern slopes of Wincobank Hill in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004837.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill?

Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill 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 1004837.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road (2.6 km), Bower Spring cementation furnace (4.3 km), Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street (4.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
2.6 km
Bower Spring cementation furnace
4.3 km
Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street
4.6 km
Manor Lodge
4.6 km
The glassworks cone
5 km
Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
5.8 km
Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge
6 km
Hoffman Kiln between Aizlewood Road and Cutts Terrace
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill

Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill 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.

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