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Monument Number 312206

Hob Uid: 312206
Location :
Sheffield
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK2710086400
Summary : Enclosure - suggested Iron Age Promontory fort.
More information : SK 271864. Promontory Fort between sides of Wyming
Brook and a stream issuing between the Rivelin Dams at Wyming
Brook Corner, NE angle of Ash Cabin Flat, just inside woodland.
Walls of large stones end-to-end, backed by rubble and boulders
2-3 metres thick, incorporating in-situ rocks. Outermost walls
not continuous; innermost enclosure forming a D-shaped space
internally 15m x 16m against the inner wall of rampart. Internal
structures suggest round and subrectangular huts. A narrow
defile approaches from Wyming Brook to the NE of the site. (1)

Additional reference. (2)



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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Letter and sketch (TC Welsh 20.6.76)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Yorkshire Archaeol J 49, 1977, 3
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Promontory Fort
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 28 NE 20
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