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Castle Hill

Archaeological place

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Castle Hill in Rochdale once held a small motte and triangular bailey above the River Roch valley, but the castle fell out of use by the early twelfth century. People may have watched weather roll across the water from that height before forgetting the stones altogether. Housing on Castle Hill Crescent now covers the levelled earthworks, turning a vanished fortress into ordinary ground beneath feet.
Castle Hill is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Rochdale. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

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