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Roman Ridge
Hob Uid: 1033363
Location : Rotherham Wentworth Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK4230098400
Summary : Scheduled section of Iron Age or Early Medieval? defensive dyke or boundary. Surviving earthwork surveyed at 1:2500.
More information : (SK 4207 9857 - SK 4230 9840) Dyke well-preserved. (1) Largely extant though mutilated. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 scale. (2) (Original survey document not available in Linear Archive File) SK 422 984. Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long on Birchcliff Bank.Scheduled. (3)

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Source details : Preston F L. 1950. Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society Volume 6. 215-217.
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Source details : R W Emsley/14-APR-1965/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List - South Yorkshire. March 1994. 7.
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Linear Archive File LINEAR 39 in NMRC
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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 : Boundary, Dyke (Defence)
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Medieval
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Boundary, Dyke (Defence)
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : SY 231 G
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 49 NW 34
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Roman Ridge