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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ash Cabin FortCountry: England County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Sheffield
Map Ref: SK271864 Landranger Map Number: 110
Latitude: 53.373769N Longitude: 1.594136W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This is so overgrown it's hard to pick any details out.....large stone and rubble bank most visible at the northern end of the fort....the pic shows the stone bank at the N of the fort.
Update January 2018: The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for what they term a rock shelter or cave, giving a grid reference of SK 2715 8630, which is 100 metres away from the grid reference given here. From their description and 'X marks the spot' on the old OS map included in the TNA page, theirs sounds very much like part of the same site - see their entry for Wyming Brook Shelter, Redmires, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. TNA says: "There are obviously locals who know of it’s existence but after half a dozen visits there I’ve not seen anyone except a brave old lady, 70 if-a-day, who was there looking for the supposed wartime carvings and that was on my first visit ... The shelters entrance is around 3ft high but once inside the roof quickly gains height and tops out at around 7ft so standing is easy ... At the far end of the shelter is a small chimney like opening and it’s just possible to squeeze between the fallen rocks and make your way out, it would also make an excellent outlet for smoke if you chose to have a warming fire inside."
This hillfort is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 312206, which tells us: "Promontory Fort between sides of Wyming Brook and a stream issuing between the Rivelin Dams at Wyming Brook Corner, NE angle of Ash Cabin Flat, just inside woodland. Walls of large stones end-to-end, backed by rubble and boulders 2-3 metres thick, incorporating in-situ rocks. Outermost walls not continuous; innermost enclosure forming a D-shaped space internally 15m x 16m against the inner wall of rampart. Internal structures suggest round and subrectangular huts. A narrow defile approaches from Wyming Brook to the NE of the site."
Note: Can anyone confirm if the TNA rock shelter is within this promontory fort, or if it is a different site? Thank you.
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