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Record Details

HER Number:04774
Type of record:Monument
Name:Wincobank Wood Post-Medieval Sites, Sheffield

Summary

A total of 19 sites of Post-Medieval date were recorded during level 2 and 3 surveys of Wincobank Wood between December 2000 and July 2001.

Grid Reference:SK 376 908
Map Sheet:SK39SE
Parish:SHEFFIELD UNPARISHED AREA, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Monument Type(s):

  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • HOLLOW (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • PLATFORM (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOLLOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD?)
  • PLATFORM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TRACKWAY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD?)

Associated Finds:

  • None
  • Protected Status:

    • Scheduled Monument 1017615: Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and WWII anti-aircraft gun emplacement

    Full Description

    <1> A total of 19 sites of Post-Medieval date were recorded during level 2 and 3 surveys of Wincobank Wood between December 2000 and July 2001. The wood contains a sheduled Iron Age hillfort (PIN 650). Level 2 survey work identified post-medieval prospection pits, banks, trackway, hollows and quarries and modern allotments and a greenhouse building. The Iron Age hillfort and the post-medieval prospection pits were subject to detailed (level 3) survey [Further Information].


    <1> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Fuelling A Revolution: The Woods that Founded the Steel Country, p. 65-70 (Grey Literature Report). SSY378.

    Sources and further reading

    <1>SSY378 - Grey Literature Report: Northern Archaeological Associates. 2001. Fuelling A Revolution: The Woods that Founded the Steel Country. Pouncett, J.. p. 65-70.

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