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Submitted by Rombald on Thursday, 09 February 2006  Page Views: 7368

Multi-periodSite Name: Castle Stead
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Keighley  Nearest Village: Denholme
Map Ref: SE067354
Latitude: 53.814841N  Longitude: 1.899723W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Misc. Earthwork in Yorkshire (West)

The first thing to note is that this a different site from Castle Stead Ring, about a mile and a half away.

Old OS maps show an antiquity at this site, and I was disappointed, years ago, to be able to find nothing there. I recently read that it was destroyed to make an emergency airfield, presumably in the Second World War (Reg Hindley, "Oxenhope: The Making of a Pennine Community", Amadeus Press, Cleckheaton, 2004, p. 8). A rectangular earthwork, it is is usually said to have been Iron Age, but Hindley suggests that it might have been a Roman marching camp.
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Castle Stead Ring
Castle Stead Ring submitted by DavidRaven : The banks and ditch of Castle Stead Ring, looking south. MegPortal member MarionBenham atop the left bank. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Steads
Castle Steads submitted by rich32 : About 300m south of the hillfort is a substantial bank (6.5m wide) & ditch (10m wide) which runs to the tune of 300meters E-W. Not quite sure why its in this position, but maybe it’s a later edition to the site & offered some protection to folks living just outside the original hillfort, with fences running down from the ramparts to this feature… (just my deluded thoughts only) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Steads
Castle Steads submitted by rich32 : 99.9% of the walling is in a ruinous state, 5 lone stones (right of centre) stand in whats probably their original position. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Steads
Castle Steads submitted by rich32 : These walls must have been some sight 2800yrs ago, been in the region of 2.5m thick & 3-4m high. Tim Laurie (2nd from right) who was guiding people round the site stands on the outside of hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Steads
Castle Steads submitted by rich32 : A view looking N over the hillfort / defended settlement. The double banks & ditch can be seen to the right of centre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Stead Ring
Castle Stead Ring submitted by brigantia : Early drawing of Castlestead Ring - taken from Harry Speight's "Chronicles & Stories of Bingley and District." (1898) (1 comment)

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Re: Castle Stead by Rombald on Monday, 13 March 2006
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This is probably the second "Castlestead Ring" referred to by Paul Bennett in "The Old Stones of Elmet" (p. 224). The plan at the top of that page, being rectangular and with a field wall, is probably also of Castle Stead rather than Castle Stead Ring.
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