What is recorded here

Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall is a scheduled monument in Calderdale, England. The earthwork still stands near Rosemary Hall, though no building remains visible. A medieval hand may have shaped the hill into a defensive ridge, watching the valley below before stone and mortar took over human life.

The National Heritage List for England records Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066, Castle Hill motte castle is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture and land control in the post-Conquest period.

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