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Rastrick Castle Hill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Castlefields

In the civil parish of Brighouse. In the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding (Modern Authority of Calderdale, 1974 county of West Yorkshire).

Castle surrounded by a ditch is documented as surviving as an earthwork in 1669 - the description is suggestive of a medieval motte. The area is now a small reidential settlement and during recent development no further evidence has been found. Cinerary urns were found in the area c.1820, along with a Roman coin. Castle Hill place name used in 1854 map but no seems unused though Castlefields is used.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible. Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE139217

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

Air Photo from multimap logo

1st edition OS Map from old maps logo

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape Defra ELS number; 1390992

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