Castle Hill, Girsby

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Low Dinsdale

In the civil parish of Girsby.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

Butler suggests a low mound here is a potential castle site. He writes it as being at Low Dinsdale but his map places it in Girsby. Castle Hill is a promontory of land steeply sided on three sides. No mound is marked on the map or recorded in PastScape, however a medieval moat, formerly considered a Roman signal station, is recorded in a position near to but off the hill at NZ36720951. This not the manorial centre and I consider this an unlikely castle site.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Uncertain remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ368093

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 25519