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Castlestead
Hob Uid: 50662
Location : North Yorkshire Harrogate Bewerley
Grid Ref : SE1658064580
Summary : Oblong mound, now no longer visible, shown on the OS lst edition map of 1854. Traditionally considered to be Roman, but more recently it is regarded as a medieval motte.
More information : [SE 16586458] Castlestead on site of Castlestead Roman Camp, [E.T.] (1) A rectangular Roman station stood at Castlesteads (2). No foundations were found when a house was built on the site in 1862 (3), but Roman pottery is reported to have been found. (2-4) There is now no visible evidence of any former earthwork at Castlesteads. Reported pottery finds in the vicinity have never been substantiated,(a) and any Roman association with the site appears to be more traditional than factual. (5) Castlestead, shown on OS first edition 6" (1854) as a roughly oblong mound circa 100 by 80 ft. with what appears to be the inner lip of a surrounding ditch on two sides, is postulated by Villy as a Medieval castle mound or motte rather than a supposed Roman fort. Speight, apparently speaking as an eye witness, says that previous to the house there was a mound looking like a large tumulus, the top slightly hollowed and enclosed on all sides by a great agger. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1910.
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Source details : Nidderdale, 1863, p. 64, (Grainge)
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Source details : (A. Raistick).
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Source details : F1 RWE 08-AUG-63
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Source details : C. E. Hartley (Hon Corr)
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Source details : F Villy
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Source details : Nidderdale 1894 435 (H Speight)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Mound
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 16 SE 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-08-08
End Date : 1963-08-08

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Castlestead