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Castle Dike
Hob Uid: 51075
Location : Barnsley Langsett
Grid Ref : SE2063000810
Summary : Slight earthwork remains of an Iron Age univallate hillfort or enclosure.
More information : [SE 20630081] CASTLE DIKE [G.T.] (1) A hill fort, consisting of a single bank and ditch, with diameters of 100 yds.[N-S] and 60 yds.[E-W]on the flat top of Gilbert Hill (2) A depression runs across it and there are possible traces of more than one mound on the south-east. (2-3) Clearly shown as a univallate enclosure on AP's.(4) Surveyed at 1/2500. (5) Survey unchanged. A single ditched enclosure now largely obliterated by cultivation. No trace of further defensive works, or of an entrance, are apparent now and, apart from its commanding position, there is little evidnece to support its classification as a hill fort. Surface quarrying has occured in the southern section of the interior but no 'mounds' are visible. (6) Gilbert Hill listed by Challis and Harding, with reference to authority 2, as an (Iron Age) curvilinear enclosure in a commanding but not strong position. (7) SE 206 008. Gilbert Hill (Langsett). Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 0.40ha. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1955.
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Derby A.& N.H.J., 74, 1954, 14-15 'Hill forts of the Peak' (F.L.Preston)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Tolson Meml. Mus. Pubs. No.3, 1924, 74 (J.A.Petch)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : APs (RAF/F21/82/1015/0310-11 541/22/4473-4)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 RWE 17-JUL-61
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Source details : F2 RL 07-DEC-64
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : BAR 20 p2 Later Prehist from Trent to Tyne 1975 52 (A J Challis & D W Harding)
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : BAR 62 British Hill-Forts: An Index 1979 143 (AHA Hogg)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Univallate Hillfort
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 20 SW 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1961-07-17
End Date : 1961-07-17

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-12-07
End Date : 1964-12-07

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1995-12-31

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Castle Dike