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Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street

England
List entry 1004801
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004801
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.82 hectares
Grid reference
SK 29961 98779, SK 30319 98485, SK 29906 98513
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Finkle Street is a Romano-British settlement located in Yorkshire. The site represents occupation during the Roman period and contributes to understanding of Romano-British settlement patterns in the region. Archaeological evidence from the site has provided insights into domestic and commercial activity during the Romano-British era, though the specific nature and extent of structures remain subjects of ongoing scholarly investigation. The monument's designation reflects its importance to the archaeological record of Roman Yorkshire.

Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004801. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street?

Finkle Street is a Romano-British settlement located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004801.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street?

Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street 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 1004801.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood (4.8 km), Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane (5.5 km), Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield (6.5 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
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

Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
4.8 km
Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
5.5 km
Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield
6.5 km
Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
6.6 km
File factory, 11 High Street
6.8 km
The Bar Dyke linear earthwork
6.8 km
Cowell Flat prehistoric field system, 350m south east of Mortimer House
6.8 km
Bailey Hill motte and bailey castle, High Bradfield
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street

Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street 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.

The wider landscape

Around Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~20 miles
Domesday entry for Wortley, Yorkshire →
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