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Wincobank Camp
South Yorkshire, England · Atlas EN2658
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2658 (2658)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Sheffield
- National Grid reference
- SK 3777 9098
- Latitude
- 53.41427
- Longitude
- -1.43322
- Altitude
- 160 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 1.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall, timber-laced wall, vitrification, other burning, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual and C14
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metalworking
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1869); Excavation (1899); Excavation (1903); Other (1927); Other (1965); Other (1979); Other (2011); LiDAR Survey (2011); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Geophysical Survey (2011)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1017615
- HER
- South Yorkshire 00650/01
- National record
- record SK 39 SE 21; monument 314855
- Wikidata
- Q31112969
Sources
References
- ArcHeritage. Wincobank Hill Desk Based Assessment Report Number 2011/42 August 2011. http://www.wincobanklivinghistory.co.uk/Libraries/Desk-based_assessment_PDF/5462_Wincobank_Hill_final_reduced.sflb.ashx. Accessed Feb. 2015
- Beswick, P. 1985. Wincobank Hillfort. Drainage Scheme: Archaeological Report. Trans Hunter Archaeol Soc. 13, 29-33
- Hunter, J, 1869. Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York.