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Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park

England
List entry 1005806
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005806
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.96 hectares
Grid reference
SE1735221689
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill is a univallate hillfort situated within Kirklees Park in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosure crowning the summit of elevated ground, a defensive configuration characteristic of Iron Age settlement practice in northern Britain. The site demonstrates the strategic placement of such fortified settlements, occupying commanding topography typical of the period. The univallate design suggests a relatively modest defensive installation, possibly serving a community of limited size or representing a particular phase of occupation within a broader chronological sequence of settlement activity in the region.

Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005806. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park?

Castle Hill is a univallate hillfort situated within Kirklees Park in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005806.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park?

Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005806.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kirklees Priory, medieval nunnery (0.4 km), Anglian high cross fragment known as Walton Cross (2.1 km), Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick (3.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Kirklees Priory, medieval nunnery
0.4 km
Anglian high cross fragment known as Walton Cross
2.1 km
Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick
3.5 km
Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle
3.9 km
Netherhall barn
4.1 km
Grimscar Roman tilery
5.1 km
Turn Bridge, Quay Street
5.4 km
Castle Hill: slight univallate hillfort, small multivallate hillfort, motte and bailey castle and deserted village
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park

Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~5.3 miles
Domesday entry for Clifton, Yorkshire →
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