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Romsley Castle Hill

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are no visible remains

Name	Romsley Castle Hill
Alternative Names	Great Castle Hill
Historic Country	Worcestershire
Modern Authority	Worcestershire
1974 Authority	Hereford and Worcester
Civil Parish	Romsley

Placenames Castle Hill and Great Castle Hill, possibly indicating the site of an Iron Age hillfort or Medieval castle. Nothing was visible on aerial photographs taken in 1948.

SO 947 790. Castle Hill and Great Castle Hill (Tithe map). No trace of fortifications seen. Nothing significant seen on air photographs (1948) (F1 DJC 01-JUL-76). (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

The reference given is in valley but at SO949279 there is the peak of a steep hill. The position of this hill would be consistent an Iron Age hill fort but not with a medieval castle unless it was reusing existing earthworks. The hill is prominent enough to have gained a castle place-name purely because of its form.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

868605

County Historic Environment Record

www.worcestershire.gov.uk/info/20019/archive_and_archaeology/249/accessing_archaeological_and_historic_environment_information

OS Map Grid Reference	SO947790
Latitude	52.4089813232422
Longitude	-2.07931995391846
Eastings	394700
Northings	279000