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Castle Steads, Gayles
North Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN2681
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2681 (2681)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Gayles
- National Grid reference
- NZ 1111 0741
- Latitude
- 54.46187
- Longitude
- -1.83027
- Altitude
- 243 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 1.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South); Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1912); Other (1935); Other (1974); Earthwork Survey (1992); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1009320
- HER
- North Yorkshire MNY32534
- National record
- record NZ 10 NW 9; NZ10NW 10; monument 21584; 21587
- Wikidata
- Q31112686
Sources
References
- Keith Blood/29-OCT-1992/RCHME: Castle Steads, Gayles Survey. Unpublished