Castle Hill: slight univallate hillfort, small multivallate hillfort, motte and bailey castle and deserted village

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History & significance

Castle Hill is a complex ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising multiple phases of fortification and settlement spanning several centuries. The site exhibits a univallate hillfort of Iron Age date, overlain by a small multivallate hillfort of probable later prehistoric origin, demonstrating successive defensive refortification of the location. A motte and bailey castle was subsequently constructed at the summit during the medieval period, representing the Norman or early post-Conquest phase of settlement hierarchy. Associated with this medieval occupation is evidence of a deserted village, indicating substantial domestic settlement around the castle which was later abandoned, leaving the earthworks as the primary surviving record of these layered phases of human occupation and defence.

Castle Hill: slight univallate hillfort, small multivallate hillfort, motte and bailey castle and deserted village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009846. View the official record →

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