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The Roman Rig (also known as Roman Ridge, Scotland Balk, Barber Balk, Devil's Bank or Danes Bank) is the name given to a series of earthworks in the north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. They are believed to originally have formed a single Dyke running from near Wincobank in Sheffield to Mexborough. Its purpose and date of construction are unknown. Formerly thought to have been a Roman road, modern archaeologists think that it was built either in the 1st century AD by the Brigantian tribes as a defence against the Roman invasion of Britain, or after the 5th century to defend the kingdom of Elmet from the Angles.

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rdfs:comment	The Roman Rig (also known as Roman Ridge, Scotland Balk, Barber Balk, Devil's Bank or Danes Bank) is the name given to a series of earthworks in the north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. They are believed to originally have formed a single Dyke running from near Wincobank in Sheffield to Mexborough. Its purpose and date of construction are unknown. Formerly thought to have been a Roman road, modern archaeologists think that it was built either in the 1st century AD by the Brigantian tribes as a defence against the Roman invasion of Britain, or after the 5th century to defend the kingdom of Elmet from the Angles. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Rotherham History of South Yorkshire Archaeological sites in South Yorkshire Elmet Greasbrough Lady's Bridge Roman roads in Britain Angles Ecclesfield Brigantes Carl Wark Templeborough History of Sheffield Linear earthworks Scheduled monuments in South Yorkshire Kilnhurst Kimberworth Swinton, South Yorkshire Dike (construction) South Yorkshire Mexborough Rawmarsh City of Sheffield Scholes Coppice Wincobank (hill fort) River Don, South Yorkshire Wath-on-Dearne Roman invasion of Britain Wincobank dbr:Sheffield_Independent dbr:Bridgehouses
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.brigantesnation.com/SiteResearch/Iron%20Age/RomanRig/RomanRig.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mossvalley/mv2/rl/highways1.html
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has abstract	The Roman Rig (also known as Roman Ridge, Scotland Balk, Barber Balk, Devil's Bank or Danes Bank) is the name given to a series of earthworks in the north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. They are believed to originally have formed a single Dyke running from near Wincobank in Sheffield to Mexborough. Its purpose and date of construction are unknown. Formerly thought to have been a Roman road, modern archaeologists think that it was built either in the 1st century AD by the Brigantian tribes as a defence against the Roman invasion of Britain, or after the 5th century to defend the kingdom of Elmet from the Angles. The southernmost end of the dyke is thought to have been close to Lady's Bridge at the River Don in Sheffield, but today it only becomes visible close to the Iron Age fort at Wincobank. The dyke continues in a north-easterly direction following the Don Valley to Kimberworth in Rotherham where it splits into two branches that continue roughly parallel to each other in a sweep starting to the north-east and turning east. The southern branch passes through Greasbrough, intersecting the River Don just south of Swinton at Kilnhurst. The northern branch passes close to another Iron Age fort at Scholes Coppice and runs to the north of Swinton, meeting the River Don at Mexborough. Part of the western end of the ridge was used in the Middle Ages to demarcate the boundary of Ecclesfield and Sheffield. This western part parallels the Don, and a report of 1891 in the stated that it had formerly run as far west as . Part of the northern branch formed the boundary between Wath-on-Dearne on the one side and Rawmarsh and Swinton on the other. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Roman Rigg Burngreave Timeline of Sheffield history Abdy Templeborough Aldfrith of Northumbria Transport in Sheffield Scotland Balk Shiregreen and Brightside Scheduled monuments in South Yorkshire Wincobank (hill fort) Barber Balk
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