Maiden Castle or the Maiden's Castle may refer to: Maiden derives from the Celtic Mai Dun which means 'great hill'. Maiden Castle, Cheshire, an Iron Age... 1 KB (157 words) - 19:37, 30 January 2024 |
are found on sandstone ridges at several locations in Cheshire. Examples include Maiden Castle on Bickerton Hill, Helsby Hillfort and Woodhouse Hillfort... 97 KB (7,849 words) - 09:02, 17 April 2024 |
The Mid Cheshire Ridge, sometimes referred to as the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge, is a range of low sandstone hills which stretch north to south through... 6 KB (855 words) - 19:36, 12 January 2024 |
W. J. Varley (section The Cheshire hillforts) Age hillforts, including Maiden Castle and Eddisbury hillfort in Cheshire, Old Oswestry hillfort in Shropshire, and Castle Hill in West Yorkshire. He... 30 KB (3,373 words) - 19:57, 30 September 2023 |
Eddisbury hill fort (redirect from Castle Ditch) Eddisbury hill fort, also known as Castle Ditch, is an Iron Age hill fort near Delamere, Cheshire, in northern England. Hill forts are fortified hill-top... 13 KB (1,423 words) - 08:00, 24 February 2024 |
Kelsborrow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, northern England. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during... 6 KB (706 words) - 20:56, 15 October 2022 |
Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire (grid reference SE02189808) which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a Scheduled... 3 KB (256 words) - 07:31, 16 February 2022 |
Bickerton Hill (category Hills of Cheshire) Cheshire's Past: Maiden Castle promontory fort on Bickerton Hill 700m W Hill Farm. Retrieved 28 April 2010 English Heritage: Pastscape: Maiden Castle... 37 KB (3,975 words) - 03:31, 28 December 2023 |
Old Sarum (category Castles in Wiltshire) constructed a motte and bailey castle, a stone curtain wall, and a great cathedral. A royal palace was built within Old Sarum Castle for King Henry I and was... 34 KB (3,545 words) - 16:36, 5 February 2024 |
Bradley hill fort (category Hill forts in Cheshire) country, with only seven in Cheshire. There are two groups of hill forts in the county, each with three members (Maiden Castle is on its own in the south);... 6 KB (726 words) - 23:33, 19 April 2022 |
England, "Maiden Castle (68844)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 23 October 2012 Revealing Cheshire's Past: Maiden Castle promontory... 68 KB (4,697 words) - 08:12, 19 April 2024 |
intacta a female whose hymen is unbroken, had never sexual intercourse, a maiden, a virgin viribus unitis with united forces Motto of the house of Habsburg-Lorraine... 2 KB (3,520 words) - 06:47, 7 April 2024 |
Sandstone Trail (category Footpaths in Cheshire) starts near Beeston Castle, finishing in the same place. Cheshire portal List of recreational walks in Cheshire "Walking Cheshire's Sandstone Trail". Northern... 8 KB (859 words) - 06:31, 25 April 2024 |
Abbotsbury, seven miles west of Dorchester and the famous hill fort at Maiden Castle. It is situated on a high chalk hill overlooking the English Channel... 3 KB (203 words) - 10:53, 30 March 2023 |
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and... 6 KB (479 words) - 08:02, 13 June 2022 |
livestock and hunts, across Lancashire, Cheshire, and northern Wales. His most notable painting was The Cheshire Hunt (1840), a large canvas depicting more... 10 KB (913 words) - 10:14, 14 February 2024 |
Castle Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Almondbury overlooking Huddersfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The... 10 KB (1,247 words) - 17:39, 12 July 2023 |
British Camp (section The Castle) thought to have been first constructed in the 2nd century BC. A Norman castle was built on the site. The extensive earthworks remain clearly visible today... 9 KB (1,052 words) - 15:13, 31 March 2024 |
List of hillforts in England (section Cheshire) Heritage National Monuments record: Cheshire". PastScape. Retrieved 13 February 2011.[dead link] "List of hillforts in Cheshire". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved... 42 KB (991 words) - 16:41, 18 March 2024 |
"Aldford Castle (68791)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 6 November 2012 Revealing Cheshire's Past: Motte & Bailey Castle, Aldford,... 107 KB (7,271 words) - 22:12, 1 December 2023 |
1919 as Dromore Castle. RMS Arundel Castle, passenger ship for Union Castle, launched 11 September 1919, completed 8 April 1921, maiden voyage 22 April... 209 KB (19,548 words) - 07:38, 26 April 2024 |