Castleshaw

Castleshaw
Yorkshire West Riding
Farmhouse near Castleshaw
Location
Grid reference:	SE007095
Location:	53°35’2"N, 2°0’3"W
Data
Post town:	Oldham
Postcode:	OL3
Dialling code:	01457
Local Government
Council:	Oldham
Parliamentary constituency:	Oldham East and Saddleworth

Castleshaw is a scattered hamlet in Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It lies on the moor above Saddleworth's dale-bound villages, amid the Pennines, 2½ miles north of Uppermill and 3 miles west of Marsden.

Castleshaw is best known for the Castleshaw fort, the remains of an ancient Roman fort watching the road over the Pennine fells.

History

A Roman fort once stood here, high on the fell near to the head of the valley. A series of modern mounds and ditches have been laid out to mark the site, on the edge of Castleshaw Upper Reservoir.

The Castleshaw area was once also home to a sanatorium, which is now used as a Youth Training Centre.