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Penistone Shepherd's Castle

Has been described as a Questionable Uncertain

There are no visible remains

Name	Penistone Shepherd's Castle
Alternative Names	Castle Green
Historic Country	Yorkshire
Modern Authority	Barnsley
1974 Authority	South Yorkshire
Civil Parish	Penistone

On higher ground, in Castle Green is SHEPHERD"S CASTLE FARM, adjacent one house called Castlemere. (Sneyd 1995)

A prehistoric earthwork known as Shepherds Castle (which gave its name to Penistone's Castle Green) marked the boundary between Oxspring and Hunshelf townships where the common of Roughbirchworth met that of Snowdon Hill. The earthwork was about 120 yards in diameter, but has being mostly ploughed out except on the western side. (Hey 2002)

Gatehouse Comments

There are a number of 'castle' place-name in this area (Castle Green; Castle Dike; Castle Lane). 'Shepherd's Castle' and 'Castle Green' seem to appear as placenames in C17 deeds. It may have existed as a residence of the Wordsworth family in the C16.Nothing is recorded in the archaeological databases and no earthwork is shown on OS maps. Gatehouse is unable to confirm the suggestion made by Hey that this was the site of a pre-historic earthwork, although that suggestion is not dismissed.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record

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OS Map Grid Reference	SE253025
Latitude	53.5190505981445
Longitude	-1.61875998973846
Eastings	425370
Northings	402550