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Castle Steads, Caldbergh
North Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN1506
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1506 (1506)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Caldbergh with East Scrafton
- National Grid reference
- SE 1050 8533
- Latitude
- 54.26358
- Longitude
- -1.84022
- Altitude
- 293 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.27 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- north
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1970); 1st Identified Written Reference (1975); Other (1977); Geophysical Survey (2004); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888-1913)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1009322
- HER
- Yorkshire Dales National Park MYD5147
- National record
- record SE 18 NW 19; monument 50922
- Wikidata
- Q31112607
Sources
References
- Challis, A.J. and Harding, D.W. 1975 Later Prehistory from Trent to the Tyne. BAR 20 pt 2, 52
- Bowden, M. 1996 Maiden Castle Swaledale Survey, 16-JUL-1996. RCHME. Unpublished
- Harrison, T.S . 2005. Ephemeral Features Inside Iron Age Hillforts; The Impact of MOD Use at Castle Steads HIllfort, 01/01/2005