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Castle Dyke
South Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN2652
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2652 (2652)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Langsett
- National Grid reference
- SE 2063 0081
- Latitude
- 53.50357
- Longitude
- -1.69044
- Altitude
- 312 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.45 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1961); Other (1964); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1883-1913)
Identifiers
- HER
- South Yorkshire 00573/01
- National record
- record SE 20 SW 5; monument 51075
- Wikidata
- Q31112898
Sources
References
- Derby A.and N.H.J. 1954. Hill forts of the Peak. Derbyshire Archaeol J (F.L.Preston)14-15
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62