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Penistone
South Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN2653
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2653 (2653)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Penistone
- National Grid reference
- SE 2732 0530
- Latitude
- 53.54368
- Longitude
- -1.58907
- Altitude
- 181 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.75 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1954); 1st Identified Written Reference (1979)
Identifiers
- HER
- South Yorkshire 00578/01
- National record
- record SE 20 NE 8; monument 51014
- Wikidata
- Q31112908
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62