Wincobank (hill fort)

A counterscarp consisting of a rubble core was created from material excavated when digging the ditch.

[1] Material taken from a drainage ditch dug through the north east rampart of the fort in 1979 was radiocarbon dated to c. 500 BC.

The real entrance is on the south-east ramparts where the bank turn inwards slightly at this point.

Some historians suggest that this fort was part of a 1st-century defensive line built by the Brigantes attempting to halt the northward expansion by the Romans.

[5] During the defence of Sheffield in the Second World War, an anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement was built adjacent to the south-west corner of the fort.