Beeston Castle. FIVE men have admitted heritage crimes at Cheshire s Beeston Castle and Roche Abbey in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. All five men, from Tameside, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, April 9. They each pleaded guilty to removing, without written consent, objects of archaeological/historical interest found by a metal detector in a protected place. They are all next due to appear before District Judge Nicholas Sanders at Chester Magistrates Court next month, who will decide whether to sentence them or if the case should be moved to Chester Crown Court. Curtis Barlow, 32, of The Quadrant, Droylsden, admitted taking coins and metal artefacts from Roche Abbey between December 13-15, 2019.