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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Buckton CastleCountry: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Oldham Nearest Village: Delph
Map Ref: SD9890501634 Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.511387N Longitude: 2.017981W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Hillfort in Greater Manchester - now re-classified as an Enclosure Castle
Pastscape Monument No 45924 tells us that in the late 1960s/early 1970s, Buckton Castle was classed as "Iron Age 'A/B' - Class B Earthwork (Fortresses on hilltops with contour following defences). Situated on Buckton Moor 3/4 mile east south east of Mossley Station, and at a height of 1123 ft above sea level is a small earthwork. It consists of an artificially raised platform surrounded by a rampart with an outer ditch on three sides. The original entrance is to the north east. The raised platform measures 32 yards north west to south west, its surrounding rampart, which stands conspicuously above the level of the moor, shows signs of revetment. Apart from the area to the SW, where the natural slopes are very steep, a broad and deep ditch surrounds the work. Slight traces of an additional rampart are visible on the SE side."
After survey and excavations by the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit (UMAU) between 1996 and 2010, revises this to: "Buckton Castle (was) thought to be a medieval ringwork castle, however recent work by the University of Salford has identified it as an enclosure castle. The castle is constructed as a raised platform 35m by 40m and is roughly rectangular. A road with traces of pavement, and two ditches, are recorded leading to the castle on the north side. Two gold bead chains have been found on the site. The site was used as a beacon in the 16th and 17th century. Scheduled. Further used during WW2 as part of the anti-bomber defences and a starfish decoy was located nearby."
The site is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their page for Buckton Castle, Mossley, Lancashire, which includes an 1882 map, a brief 'archaeology and history' and folklore related to this site.
More information can be found on the page for Historic England List Entry 1015131
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