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Roman Rig Defensive Works
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The Roman Rig is a defensive dyke built to defend against attack from the south. It runs from Sheffield, past Templeborough and carries on almost to Doncaster. If this is a Brigantian dyke it would certainly add weight to Websters definition of the Roman border in the period.
Scoles Coppice Fort
![Scoles Coppice Fort Scoles Coppice Fort](https://brigantesnation.com/wp-content/uploads/Sitelist/SouthYorkshire/ScolesCoppice/scholescoppice.png)
Little is known about the camp at Scholes Coppice, but it's small size and proximity to Roman Rig mean it could well have been used as a patrol fort for the Roman Rig defence.
Sutton Common Fort
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Sutton Common is an early Iron Age fort/enclosure site just north of Doncaster, A key feature of this "marsh fort" is that it seems to use the surrounding marsh land as part of its defence - a twist on the more common hill fort.
Wincobank Hill Fort
![Wincobank Hill Fort Wincobank Hill Fort](https://brigantesnation.com/wp-content/uploads/Guide/wincobankplan.jpg)
This is an oval fort with an internal area of 2.5 acres. A bank, ditch and counterscarp bank are continuous around it except on the N side where ditch and counterscarp have been destroyed.
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