I agree Rolyat, many thanks and can you help out on this one? So here goes again, with another fairly close by location of another local strategic point of control as mentioned earlier in this thread.
Twist Castle
The remains of a remote Farmstead located on Extwistle Moor from the mid to late Iron Age commanding excellent strategic views of the surrounding area, especially Swinden Reservoir, it also overlooks an old sandstone quarry which is quite close to the site. There must be some answers around here, what antiquities has the reservoir swallowed?, some time ago I can vaguely remember reading that an artifact in the form of a sword (bent/snapped) were found here on conversion to a utility reservoir but I'm not sure, can anyone confirm this? Twist castle seems a very peaceful location, probably very bleak in winter though. The site consists of two enclosures with more stone left than the ringstones close by and a couple of hundred yards away is a robbed and ruined Bronze Age barrow, when this happened, who knows. Monk Hall is relatively near with Extwistle Hall close to follow, all around this particular ancient area Thursden/Swinden/Briercliffe/Extwistle you will stumble over time and time again a past wealth of vague history, ancient stone crosses and markers, Tumulus, Tumuli, Cairn Circles and other Earthworks scatter within a two mile area mainly westwards from Twist Castle.
Pictures:
1. Twist Castle location (Top of the hill, central and right of the photo)
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2. The Enclosure at Twist Castle
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3. Remains of Twist Castle
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