Viking site South elmsall area?

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Can anyone settle an argument?

A few years ago I worked around South kirby/elmsall/dearne valley area and I am 99.89% certain there was an archaeologically unearthed Viking site in the area, my pal says I've watched too many documentaries and that I am imagining it, and so far Google has backed him up, but I am sure it was there? Can anyone shed some light, might save me a fruitless drive, cheers.

[Blackbeard]

All over this area there were Viking settlements, try this thread on the forum

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470191

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Thanks Blackbeard, but I was thinking of an actual place, think it was a field that had an information plaque on it, not a generic question really, I'm sure it was near some crossroads near a spa?

[Malkin]

any help?

 

http://www.archaeology.wyjs.org.uk/documents/archaeology/south-elmsall.pdf

[*_ash_*]

any help?

 

http://www.archaeology.wyjs.org.uk/documents/archaeology/south-elmsall.pdf

 

That was an interesting read.

 

This bit amused me though:

 

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Unfortunately

the size of the settlement is not clear from Domesday as Elmsall (it

is not clear whether this is Sout

h or North Elmsall or both) is listed

under the same heading as Sout

h Kirkby, Moorthorpe and

Frickley. However, we can say that in common with many other

West Yorkshire villages they seem

to have gone into decline under

their new Norman overlords. The

combined worth of the four

villages was estimated to be £5 in 10

66. In 1086 it was £4 10s 8d.

This decline is often ascribed to

what later became known as the

‘Harrying of the North’.

[TORONTONY]

That was an interesting read.

 

This bit amused me though:

 

(edit, sorry it hasn't copied right)

 

Good job Robin hood came along lol