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Castle Steads is a slight univallate hillfort located in Yorkshire, England. The site is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch, characteristic of Iron Age hillforts constructed during the later prehistoric period. The modest earthwork remains visible on the landscape today, though the defensive work is slight in comparison to more substantially fortified hillforts of the same period. Such sites served as territorial markers and centres of settlement during the Iron Age, though Castle Steads' specific chronology and function require reference to archaeological survey records maintained by the heritage record.
Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009322. View the official record →
Castle Steads is a slight univallate hillfort located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009322.
Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort 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 1009322.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coverham Abbey Premonstratensian monastery and precinct including Holy Trinity Church and medieval bridge (1 km), East Witton camp slight univallate hillfort (1.5 km), William's Hill (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.