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Castle Stead Ring is a Late Iron Age enclosed settlement situated in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a univallate or bivallate earthwork enclosure, characteristic of Iron Age defensive or administrative settlements in northern Britain. The monument dates to the later prehistoric period, likely between the first and second centuries before the Common Era, representing the settlement hierarchy and land use patterns of pre-Roman northern England. Such enclosed settlements served multiple functions as centres of habitation, storage, and potentially ritual activity, and their distribution across the Yorkshire landscape reflects patterns of population organisation during the final centuries before the Roman conquest.
Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018258. View the official record →
Castle Stead Ring is a Late Iron Age enclosed settlement situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018258.
Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring 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 1018258.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 150m north of Shaygate Farm, Wilsden (5 km), Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 500m north west of Goose Clough on Ovenden Moor (6.3 km), Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 350m south west of Goose Clough at Hunter Hill, Ovenden (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring'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.
Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.