Scholes, South Yorkshire

Village in South Yorkshire, England

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53°27′17″N 1°24′24″W / 53.454782°N 1.40663°W / 53.454782; -1.40663

Scholes is a small village in the Rotherham borough of South Yorkshire, England, near the southern boundary of Wentworth Woodhouse, formerly the family seat of the Earls Fitzwilliam. The village is the location of Keppel's Column.

Scholes Coppice contains several archaeological features, including Caesar's Camp, an Iron Age fort, regarded as one of the best examples of its kind in South Yorkshire.[1]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice, Rotherham (1004829)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

External links

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