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Wincobank is a slight univallate hillfort situated near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England, occupying a prominent position on high ground. The fort dates to the Iron Age and is defended by a single, modest earthwork rampart enclosing an roughly circular interior. During the Second World War, the site was reused for military purposes, with anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacements constructed within or adjacent to the prehistoric defences, reflecting its continued strategic value as an elevated position overlooking the surrounding landscape. The dual use of the site thus represents both Iron Age settlement strategy and twentieth-century wartime adaptation of ancient topographical features.
Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017615. View the official record →
Wincobank is a slight univallate hillfort situated near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England, occupying a prominent position on high ground. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017615.
Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement 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 1017615.
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 km), Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street (4.2 km).
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Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement 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.