Wincobank (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Sheffield.
In the historic county of Yorkshire.
Modern Authority of Sheffield.
1974 county of South Yorkshire.
Medieval County of Yorkshire West Riding.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK37779099
Latitude 53.41437° Longitude -1.43320°

Wincobank has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are earthwork remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Description

In Clark's list of moated mounds or burhs, for Yorkshire, is recorded 'Wincobank.–Moated mound.'

This is Wincobank Camp 'The remains of an Iron Age slight univallate hillfort overlooking the Don Valley. The hillfort comprises an oval enclosure with an internal area of 1.1 hectares surrounded by a single rampart with an external ditch and counterscarp bank. A partial excavation of the rampart and counterscarp was carried out in 1899 by E Howarth. In 1979 a watching brief was carried out during the cutting of a drainage ditch through the north east rampart. Howarth found that the rampart was originally built as a wall 5.5 metres thick consisting of large stones facing a core of earth and rubble bonded by timber lacing. The counterscarp bank was built from earth and stone cast up from the ditch. Radio-carbon dates from the trench cut in 1979 indicate a construction date of circa 500 BC while burnt and vitrified stone and charred timber found by Howarth show that the rampart was destroyed by fire.' (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1017615, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 13375
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 314855.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 04774.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Sheffield City Council
  Brigantes Nation
Books
- Hill, P., 2004, The Age of Athelstan (Strood: Tempus) p. 151-152
  Beckett, L. and Beckett, S., 1999, The Enigma of Brunanburh (Rotherham: Privately published) p. 38
  Sneyd, Steve, 1995, The Devil's Logbook Castles and Fortified Sites around South Yorkshire (Hilltop Press) p. 18
  Cockburn, J.H., 1931, The Battle of Brunanburh and its Period (Sheffield: Leng and Co.) p. 10-12
  Armitage, E.S., 1897, A Key to English Antiquities, With Special Reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham District (Sheffield: Townsend) p. 46-47 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 46 p. 197-217 esp. 216 online copy
Guidebooks
- Jones, M and Jones, J., nd, Wincobank Hill Historic Site and Viewpoint (Sheffield City Council) online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- 2011, Wincobank Hill, Sheffield Desk-Based Assessment (ArcHeritage Report 2011/42) p. 11-12 online copy

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The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.

Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link.
Minor archaeological investigations, such as watching brief reports, and some other 'grey' literature is most likely to be held by H.E.R.s but is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded here, or elsewhere, but some suggestions can be found here.

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