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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castercliffe Alternative Name: Castercliff; Caster CliffCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Nelson Nearest Village: Castercliffe
Map Ref: SD8848738395 Landranger Map Number: 103
Latitude: 53.841672N Longitude: 2.176453W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Elthollr visited on 29th Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4
LivingRocks wrote: Castercliffe Hillfort overlooking the Calder Valley is of Iron Age origin, it consists of an oval internal plateau aprox. 115m by 76m enclosed on all sides except the north by rubble ramparts up to 1.5m high with external ditches up to 1.5m deep in front of each. Maximum width of the rampart and ditch system is approximately 46m. The defenses on the north side are incomplete and consist mostly of a single rampart and ditch, however some short lengths of triple rampart and ditch separated by areas of undisturbed ground are also visible here. Limited excavations indicate that the inner rampart was revetted with stone and also timber-laced.
Update May 2017: For further information, see both Pastscape Monument No. 45247 and Historic England List ID 1007404.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for Castercliff, Nelson, Lancashire. TNA include directions on how to reach the hillfort, 2 plans and a brief archaeology and history. Another source of information, which also has directions for finding this site, photographs and a list of reference sources for more information is included in the Journal of Antiquities' entry for Castercliff Hillfort, Colne And Nelson, Lancashire.
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