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| Name: | Castle Hill |
| Hill number: | 19655 |
| Height: | 138.3m / 454ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
| RHB Section: | 37: The River Tees to The Wash |
| County/UA: | Rotherham |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
| Grid ref: | SK 51610 88206 |
| Summit feature: | ground on motte |
| Drop: | 32.3m |
| Col: | 106.1m SK 5004 8824  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 111 120 (1:25k) 279S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 35 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at 51733 88208, along the lane by the side of the church to a gate with a fp signed both ways. Turn right and the motte is soon on your right. The fence is not too difficult but it appears to be in a private garden. Nobody appeared on my visit. | clivevilla | 09/11/2023 |
| parked by church and round grounds on FP to breach in fence | grumpy | 18/01/2023 |
| 1 of 3 starting in maltby and following paths down to Roche abbey then along ROW to this hill came through churchyard ands over fence. Got spotted by owners who politely escorted us out | The-Z-Man | 22/05/2022 |
| bagged with sean | jordanwalmsley1987 | 22/05/2022 |
| Easy parking at church. An evening ascent via the ROW, by the light of a full moon. | PGCE | 18/03/2022 |
| Shame that this site of archaeological importance wasn't secured for official access as an attraction for the village rather being part of a posh garden. Unashamedly accessed from the west side. | Nick Canute | 08/02/2022 |
| Parked outside Church. Weakness in fence just to the West of hill very convenient. | David Evans | 27/09/2021 |
| As others | PeterD | 04/06/2021 |
| Parked at church, would have done the church wall, as others, but caught the eye of the grass cutters who let me nip up the motte... nice chaps. | jonglew | 03/06/2021 |
| Definitely on private ground within the boundary of a house. Access does require a trespass. Can be accessed over the church wall, or, a tad easier, through a weakness in the fencing just off the footpath to the west. Probably safer jut to view from the church or path. | moorsman | 15/12/2020 |
| Via the churchyard wall. Motte has been well cropped on far side, presumably with long-armed hedge trimmer as it's quite steep. | Aye Jimmy | 07/10/2020 |
| Definitely in a private garden. The church wall access was not for me - could get in but probably not out as far side lower. Fencing from FP to west very secure. Only option was via the house itself at SK 5168 8818. No one in at time of visit but very friendly dog (no barking) welcomed some attention. | carole engel | 11/09/2020 |
| Wall behind church seemed path of least resistance, and even that had BWF on the other side. No evidence of any sigificant vegetation on the motte and area around was carefully mown - definitely had the feeling of being in someone's back garden. | Wheelsy | 15/08/2020 |
| Castle Hill from GR: SK 51729 88190 | ronaldo333 | 07/07/2020 |
| From village down to valley and back up again. 2nd completion of Rotherham Tumps | IanHHill | 30/06/2020 |
| As per C S. Rotherham recompletion. | Bramley | 25/06/2020 |
| Least difficult route is probably over the churchyard wall. Bailey is covered in nettles and brambles but the top is achievable. | Campbell Singer | 21/06/2020 |
| Walked to rear of houses for easier access to mound. | andrew brown | 06/06/2020 |
| Via church (cut BM). Motte climbed from W side, mostly missing the brambles. c 8m high, quite a striking feature with pronounced moat | RHW | 24/05/2020 |
| Parked om Rotherham Lane and made circuit of churchyard and vicarage garden. As it was 11:30 am resisted temptation to hop over churchyard wall. Reasonably content that the natural high point at junction of footpaths is much the same height as the motte. | GordonAdshead | 23/05/2020 |
| Morning run, high point may be in fenced off area | holtsd | 16/05/2020 |
| 4th and final tump of the day and this re-completes Rotherham ua. 1st was Westgate Hill followed by Bank Top and Houghton Main Hill. Parked up in Laughton-en-le-Morthen and made a circuit to climb Castle hill on the return leg. Popped over cemetery wall to walk in mownn area before ascending steeply once picked a least vegetated route up. Back the same way to continue on the return route back to the car. | Dazingdale | 16/05/2020 |
| Halfdecent | 09/06/2023 | |
| thenomad | 11/01/2023 | |
| Matt | 21/08/2022 | |
| Mark Sims | 05/08/2022 | |
| Nicky C | 10/04/2021 | |
| Denise | 25/03/2021 | |
| RichardM | 25/03/2021 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 15/12/2020 | |
| johnkenyon | 15/11/2020 | |
| Martin R | 13/09/2020 | |
| Moorponder | 10/08/2020 | |
| Alan Caine | 30/05/2020 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 30/05/2020 |