Rastrick Round Hill

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are no visible remains

NameRastrick Round Hill
Alternative Names
Historic CountryYorkshire
Modern AuthorityCalderdale
1974 AuthorityWest Yorkshire
Civil ParishBrighouse

Possible Motte

Situation: Round Hill is a natural knoll, rising sharply to the south of the village of Rastrick; another early castle site has been identified within the parish (Rastrick I).

Preservation: There are no extant remains on the site.

Description: A circular field on top of Round Hill, c . 35m in diameter is considered, due to its artificial appearance, to have possibly been the site of a motte, although it has also been identified as a natural feature. The evidence for an early castle site is certainly marginal, and could equally represent a prehistoric fortification, a beacon or barrow. (Creighton 1998)

Gatehouse Comments

The other possible castle site at Castle Hill might be the manorial centre of the very small manor of Rastrick but this site doesn't appear likely as the site of a medieval residence. Another location in the parish is called Toothill (SE140211) a name also associated with round hills, including on occasions mottes, but there is no suggestion this artifical.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSE137207
Latitude53.6826782226563
Longitude-1.79385995864868
Eastings413700
Northings420700
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Books

  • Turner, J. Horsfall, 1893, The History of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hipperholme p. 20 online copy

Other

  • Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 769-70 online copy