diff --git a/sumo/io/castep.py b/sumo/io/castep.py
index 7e2b3d71..b297e7d5 100644
--- a/sumo/io/castep.py
+++ b/sumo/io/castep.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 unsupported_dosplot_args = {"elements", "lm_orbitals", "atoms"}
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("io.castep")
+
 
 class CastepCell:
     """Structure information and more: CASTEP seedname.cell file
@@ -76,14 +78,16 @@ def structure(self):
                 lengths_and_angles = lattice_abc[1:]
             else:
                 unit = "ang"
-                lengths_and_angles = lattice_abc[1:]
+                lengths_and_angles = lattice_abc
             if len(lengths_and_angles) != 2:
                 raise ValueError("lattice_abc should have two rows")
             lengths_and_angles = [list(map(float, row)) for row in lengths_and_angles]
             lengths_and_angles[0] = [
                 x * to_angstrom[unit] for x in lengths_and_angles[0]
             ]
-            lattice = Lattice.from_lengths_and_angles(*lengths_and_angles)
+            lattice = Lattice.from_parameters(
+                *lengths_and_angles[0], *lengths_and_angles[1]
+            )
         else:
             raise ValueError("Couldn't find a lattice in cell file")
 
@@ -95,6 +99,12 @@ def structure(self):
             elements, coords = zip(*elements_coords)
             return Structure(lattice, elements, coords, coords_are_cartesian=False)
         elif "positions_abs" in self.blocks:
+            if "lattice_abc" in self.blocks:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Positions are given in absolute coordinates and lattice "
+                    "in angles/lengths format. Structure may not be consistent."
+                )
+
             positions_abs = self.blocks["positions_abs"].values
             if positions_abs[0][0].lower() in ("ang", "nm", "cm", "m", "bohr", "a0"):
                 unit = positions_abs[0][0].lower()
diff --git a/tests/data/NiO/NiO_abc.cell b/tests/data/NiO/NiO_abc.cell
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46a84eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/NiO/NiO_abc.cell
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+%BLOCK LATTICE_ABC
+2.983077  2.98308198  5.15994087
+106.80215981  73.19772637 119.99807072
+%ENDBLOCK LATTICE_ABC
+
+%BLOCK POSITIONS_ABS
+Ni  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000 SPIN=1
+Ni  1.491603  0.861143  2.432002 SPIN=-1
+O  0.000069  1.722313  1.215967  SPIN=0
+O  2.983138 -0.000026  3.648036  SPIN=0
+%ENDBLOCK POSITIONS_ABS
+
+%BLOCK SPECIES_POT
+Ni C19
+O  C19
+%ENDBLOCK SPECIES_POT
+
+KPOINTS_MP_GRID 7 7 7
+SPECTRAL_KPOINTS_MP_GRID 2 2 2
+
diff --git a/tests/data/NiO/NiO_abc_units.cell b/tests/data/NiO/NiO_abc_units.cell
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d89d422d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/NiO/NiO_abc_units.cell
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+%BLOCK LATTICE_ABC
+Ang
+2.983077  2.98308198  5.15994087
+106.80215981  73.19772637 119.99807072
+%ENDBLOCK LATTICE_ABC
+
+%BLOCK POSITIONS_ABS
+Ang
+Ni  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000 SPIN=1
+Ni  1.491603  0.861143  2.432002 SPIN=-1
+O  0.000069  1.722313  1.215967  SPIN=0
+O  2.983138 -0.000026  3.648036  SPIN=0
+%ENDBLOCK POSITIONS_ABS
+
+%BLOCK SPECIES_POT
+Ni C19
+O  C19
+%ENDBLOCK SPECIES_POT
+
+KPOINTS_MP_GRID 7 7 7
+SPECTRAL_KPOINTS_MP_GRID 2 2 2
+
diff --git a/tests/tests_io/test_castep.py b/tests/tests_io/test_castep.py
index d641808c..70404b4c 100644
--- a/tests/tests_io/test_castep.py
+++ b/tests/tests_io/test_castep.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     CastepCell,
     CastepPhonon,
     labels_from_cell,
+    logger,
     read_bands_eigenvalues,
     read_bands_header,
     read_dos,
@@ -31,12 +32,18 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.si_cell_alt = os.path.join(
             ilr_files("tests"), "data", "Si", "Si2-alt.cell"
         )
+        si_structure_file = os.path.join(ilr_files("tests"), "data", "Si", "Si8.json")
+        self.si_structure = Structure.from_file(si_structure_file)
         self.zns_band_cell = os.path.join(ilr_files("tests"), "data", "ZnS", "zns.cell")
         self.zns_singlepoint_cell = os.path.join(
             ilr_files("tests"), "data", "ZnS", "zns-sp.cell"
         )
-        si_structure_file = os.path.join(ilr_files("tests"), "data", "Si", "Si8.json")
-        self.si_structure = Structure.from_file(si_structure_file)
+        self.nio_abc_cell = os.path.join(
+            ilr_files("tests"), "data", "NiO", "NiO_abc.cell"
+        )
+        self.nio_abc_units_cell = os.path.join(
+            ilr_files("tests"), "data", "NiO", "NiO_abc_units.cell"
+        )
 
     def test_castep_cell_null_init(self):
         null_cell = CastepCell()
@@ -72,6 +79,23 @@ def test_castep_cell_from_singlepoint_file(self):
             [[0.0, 2.71, 2.71], [2.71, 0.0, 2.71], [2.71, 2.71, 0.0]],
         )
 
+    def test_castep_cell_abc(self):
+        """Test .cell file using lattice_abc to define unit cell"""
+        for filename in self.nio_abc_cell, self.nio_abc_units_cell:
+            with self.assertLogs(logger) as log:
+                cc = CastepCell.from_file(filename)
+                structure = cc.structure
+                self.assertIn("Structure may not be consistent.", log.output[-1])
+
+            assert_array_almost_equal(
+                structure.lattice.matrix,
+                [
+                    [2.855724, 0.0, 0.862317],
+                    [-1.297582, 2.54391, -0.862313],
+                    [0.0, 0.0, 5.159941],
+                ],
+            )
+
     def test_castep_cell_from_structure(self):
         cell = CastepCell.from_structure(self.si_structure)
         self.assertEqual(