CASTLESTEAD

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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.

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[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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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1910.

( 2) by Frank and Harriet Wragg Elgee 1971 The archaeology of Yorkshire

1933 Page(s)135

( 3) General reference

Nidderdale, 1863, p. 64, (Grainge)

( 4) The Yorkshire archaeological journal

(A. Raistick). 31 - 1933 Page(s)217

( 5a) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 08-AUG-63

( 6b) General reference

Nidderdale 1894 435 (H Speight)

( 6) Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society The Bradford antiquary

F Villy 30, 1939 Page(s)385-6

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