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HER Number:	05065
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Multi period earthworks within Treeton Wood, Rotherham

Summary

Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval features identified by a woodland survey

Grid Reference:	SK 445 869
Map Sheet:	SK48NW
Parish:	TREETON, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
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Monument Type(s):

TERRACED GROUND (Late Iron Age to Medieval - 100 BC? to 1539 AD)
BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD)
BELL PIT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD)
HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD)
PLATFORM (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD)
QUARRY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds:

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Full Description

<1/2> Woodland surveys identified a range of medieval or post-medieval features within Treeton Wood. These included bell pits, a quarry, holloways and possible boundary banks. There was also evidence of terracing that may date back to the Romano-British period.

<1> ASWYAS, 2003, Grange Park Woods, Treeton Wood, Wath and Boyd Royd Woods, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Grey Literature Report). SSY545.

<2> ASWYAS, 2005, Grange Park Woods, Canklow Wood and Treeton Wood Rotherham South Yorkshire: Archaeological Level III Topographic Survey (Grey Literature Report). SSY2239.

Sources and further reading

<1>	SSY545 - Grey Literature Report: ASWYAS. 2003. Grange Park Woods, Treeton Wood, Wath and Boyd Royd Woods, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Lee, D. & Richardson, J..
<2>	SSY2239 - Grey Literature Report: ASWYAS. 2005. Grange Park Woods, Canklow Wood and Treeton Wood Rotherham South Yorkshire: Archaeological Level III Topographic Survey. Lee, D.

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