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Torside Castle
Hob Uid: 306321
Location : Derbyshire High Peak Charlesworth
Grid Ref : SK0765096550
Summary : Mound, which was thought to be a possible castle, but is now believed to be a natural mound.
More information : (SK 07659655) Torside Castle (NR). (1) Torside Castle on Harrop Moor, has a pear-shaped area of about 3/4 acre enclosed by a single bank, but seemingly without a ditch, which would remove it from the hill-fort class. Noted under `simple enclosure camps'. Scheduled - (under `camps & settlements'). (2-4) This is a natural peat table situated approximately 1600ft. above sea level. There is no evidence of artificial scarping and no surface finds were made. It is surrounded by deep water gullies. (5) SK 0765 9655. Torside Castle. This monument is now descheduled. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" map, 1954
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Source details : F L Preston
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Source details : AMs in England and Wales, 1961, p 31 (M.O.W.)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1, JB, 02-AUG-1965
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Mound
Evidence : Natural Feature

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DR 10
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 90873
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 09 NE 1
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-08-20
End Date : 1965-08-20

Torside Castle