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Stainborough Low
South Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN2654
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2654 (2654)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Stainborough
- National Grid reference
- SE 3153 0305
- Latitude
- 53.52317
- Longitude
- -1.52589
- Altitude
- 200 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- parkland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Domesday (1086); 1st Identified Written Reference (1831); Other (1964); Excavation (1966); Excavation (1981); Earthwork Survey (2006); Geophysical Survey (2006); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- HER
- South Yorkshire 00587/02
- National record
- record SE 30 SW 3; monument 52458
- Wikidata
- Q31112917
Sources
References
- Ashurst, D., 1991, Stainborough Lowe, Trans Hunter Archaeol Soc, 16, 33-8
- Birch, J., 1980, Stainborough Castle, Archaeol J 137, 448-9
- Hunter, J., 1831. South Yorkshire: the History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster, Volume I. London: J.B. Nichols and Son.
- Pollington, M. 2006. Stainborough Castle, Wentworth Castle, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Archaeological Topographical Survey. Morley: Archaeological Services WYAS, Report No. 1529. Unpublished
- Preston, F.L., 1954. Hillforts of the Peak, Derbyshire Archaeol J , 74, 14
- Rose, M. and Prudhoe, J., 2005. Stainborough Castle: Archaeological Evaluation and Fabric Survey, ASWYAS report no. 1360. Unpublished
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62