Roman remains in South Yorkshire

[marshman]

Ok, so it;s not strictly Sheffield, but does anybody know of any other Roman sites in Sheffield or the surrounding area?

http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/87039/can-you-help-solve-mystery-of-roman-fort-.aspx

[Guest makapaka]

Ok, so it;s not strictly Sheffield, but does anybody know of any other Roman sites in Sheffield or the surrounding area?

http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/87039/can-you-help-solve-mystery-of-roman-fort-.aspx

 

Wincobank Hill is the site of an old Roman fort (forthill road etc).

 

The banks round the side of the playing fields are vitrified stone / timber from then (theres a site somewhere).

 

There are ruins in Brough,near Castleton, that linked the Brough road to Templeborough which goes through Lodge Moor (no ruins there tho im afraid)

[willman]

Theres a fort site high on the hillside as you go over Woodhead,ust above the church on the corner.

[lil-miss84]

Wincobank Hill is the site of an old Roman fort (forthill road etc).

 

The banks round the side of the playing fields are vitrified stone / timber from then (theres a site somewhere).

 

There are ruins in Brough,near Castleton, that linked the Brough road to Templeborough which goes through Lodge Moor (no ruins there tho im afraid)

yeah i was going to say winkobank hill and the roman ridge, according to a sheffield park ranger it runs from doncaster through to chesterfield. Sheffield city council have to keep it maintained because its historic.

[Propertydev]

Old ordnance survey maps are your best bet. They used to list roads, settlements, forts etc.

[hard2miss]

Wincobank Hill is the site of an old Roman fort (forthill road etc).

 

The banks round the side of the playing fields are vitrified stone / timber from then (theres a site somewhere).

 

There are ruins in Brough,near Castleton, that linked the Brough road to Templeborough which goes through Lodge Moor (no ruins there tho im afraid)

You are confusing the Roman ridge and the iron age hill fort with the vitrified stone embankments.

The Roman ridge is not the hill fort.

[shaash]

You are confusing the Roman ridge and the iron age hill fort with the vitrified stone embankments.

The Roman ridge is not the hill fort.

 

Sorry for the joke but you might find some in Jack Fultons ,Ive just put a thread on about this.

Is there anything in Grenoside?

[Nagel]

Behind the museum in Clifton Park in Rotherham there's lots of Roman remains, but I think they were moved there from Templeborough before the steel mill was built that obliterated the original site.

[hitch_1980]

Wincobank is iron age, and ummm....im afraid to say the roman ridge is not roman.

[hitch_1980]

As for remains.....there is not much to be honest. I was chatting to an expert and he said that for someone reason north derbyshire and south yorkshire, you find hardly any pottery remains....the stuff that archaeologists use to date sites.....there not sure why. The redmires track, they are not sure about. Templeborough is the closest site.....but you wont see anything above ground. There was some stuff found in walkley relating to a tablet from a roman soldier. You may find old track ways on the eastern boundry of sheffield from the roman road between chesterfield and templeborough.

 

Other than that its a bit poor up here. The likely hood in my opinion is the industrial age of sheffield wiped alot of archaeology away, as rivers played an important part of settlements back then.