Iron Age site

Iron Age site is an archaeological site in South Kirkby and Moorthorpe, Wakefield, England. Iron Age site is situated nearby to the recreation area The Rec, as well as near the ruins Ice House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moorthorpe railway station and Church of All Saints, South Kirby.

Moorthorpe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Moorthorpe railway station serves the village of Moorthorpe and town of South Kirkby in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and the Dearne Valley Line, 18+1⁄4 miles north of Sheffield and is served by Northern Trains. Moorthorpe railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Iron Age site.

Church of All Saints, South Kirby

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints, South Kirby is situated 1¼ miles east of Iron Age site.

Grimethorpe Hall

Historic building

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grimethorpe Hall is a manor house in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England. Built circa 1670 for Robert Seaton, it is thought to be in the style of York architect Robert Trollope. Grimethorpe Hall is situated 1½ miles west of Iron Age site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kirkby and Brierley.

South Kirkby

Village

Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Kirkby is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England which is governed locally by South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council. The town forms half of the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe. The parish has a population of 10,979.

Brierley

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brierley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The settlement is tightly clustered and green buffered on a modest escarpment close to the border with West Yorkshire, it is almost wholly in population south of the A628 road, and is less than 2 miles to the south west of Hemsworth. Brierley is situated 1½ miles west of Iron Age site.

Grimethorpe

Village

Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grimethorpe is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. As of the 2011 census it has a population of 4,672. Grimethorpe is located in eastern Barnsley, and until the local government reorganisation of 1974, it was part of the Hemsworth district and constituency. Grimethorpe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Iron Age site.

Iron Age site

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: South Kirkby and Moorthorpe, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.58916° or 53° 35′ 21″ north

Longitude

-1.34413° or 1° 20′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C5WHMQ4+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 187471277

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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