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up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high, separated by ditches of similar depth, surround the site on all sides except the north. On this side the defences consist mainly of a single rampart and ditch, but some short lengths of triple rampart and ditch are also found here. The inner rampart may
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The summit of the hill is 280 metres (920 ft) above sea level and the surrounding ground falls rapidly on all sides except the south east. Here a neck of land, dropping 18 metres (60 ft) from the summit, connects it to similarly high ground about 370 metres (1,200 ft) away. Streams
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Chronicles and stories of old Bingley. A full account of the history, antiquities, natural productions, scenery, customs and folklore of the ancient town and parish of Bingley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire
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Excavations during the 1970s appear to show that the site was not completed, and no evidence of occupation was unearthed. However, in the past, evidence of Roman occupation
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spring from either side of the ridge and the deep valleys which they have cut, especially on the south, offer additional defence.
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Excavation of the hillfort of Castercliff, Nelson, Lancashire, 1970-71 Trans. Lancs. & Ches. Antiq. Soc. 81, 111-30
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with stone and enclosed an oval area measuring approximately 115 by 76 metres (377 by 249 ft).
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been found and in 1898, Harry Speight was in no doubt that the site was the Roman
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On the eastern slope looking southwest, showing a section of the ramparts
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Published in The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 2
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It is located on a hilltop overlooking the valley system of the
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The view from the summit toward Walton's Spire to the southeast
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The hillfort has been damaged by coal mining with old
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One of the many bell pit circles on top of the fort
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Castercliff is located in the Borough of Pendle
Pendle
Lancashire
53°50′30″N 2°10′56″W / 53.8417°N 2.1823°W / 53.8417; -2.1823
Hillfort
Scheduled monument
45247
Iron Age
multivallate
hillfort
Nelson
Colne
Lancashire
Northern England
River Calder
South Pennines
ramparts
revetted
Scheduled Ancient Monument

bell pits
Published in The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 2 (1906)
One of the many bell pit circles on top of the fort
The view from the summit toward Walton's Spire to the southeast
On the eastern slope looking southwest, showing a section of the ramparts
Scheduled monuments in Lancashire


Historic England

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