- Maiden Castle, North Yorkshire
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For other places with the same name, see Maiden Castle.
Maiden Castle, North Yorkshire 
Location within North YorkshireGeneral information Town or city Grinton, North Yorkshire Country England Coordinates 54°22′42″N 1°58′04″W / 54.37826°N 1.967872°W Technical details Size 7,000 m2 (1.7 acres)
Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire (grid reference SE02189808) which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1] The name Maiden Castle is not unique to the site and occurs in several other places in Britain and probably means a "fortification that looks impregnable" or one that has never been taken in battle.[2]The site measures 108 by 88 m (354 by 289 ft), covering about 7,000 m2 (1.7 acres), and is pear-shaped. An avenue leading to the entrance of the settlement is a unique feature. Maiden Castle has been described as a banjo enclosure due to its shape, however this description has been disputed.[1] If it is a banjo enclosure, it would be one of just two in northern England, the other being Fremington Dykes.[1]
The only dating evidence recovered from Maiden Castle is the a "post-and-panel building" which is typologically similar to a structure discovered in Healaugh that has been dated to the late Iron Age or Romano-British periods.[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d Maiden Castle, Pastscape.org.uk, http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=48766, retrieved 2009-08-01
- ^ Mills (1977), p. 377.
- Bibliography
- Mills, A.D. (1977), The Place-names of Dorset: Part I the Isle of Purbeck, the Hundreds of Rowbarrow, Hasler, Winfrith, Culliford Tree, Bere Regis, Barrow, Puddletown, St George, 52, English Place-name Society, p. 377, ISBN 0-904889-02-5
Categories:- Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire
- Scheduled Ancient Monuments in North Yorkshire
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