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    country, with only seven in Cheshire. There are two groups of hill forts in Cheshire, each with three members, but Maiden Castle is the outlier, about 9 miles...
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  • 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...
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    Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi (2.6 km) southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements...
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    are found on sandstone ridges at several locations in Cheshire. Examples include Maiden Castle on Bickerton Hill, Helsby Hillfort and Woodhouse Hillfort...
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    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...
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  • Age hillforts, including Maiden Castle and Eddisbury hillfort in Cheshire, Old Oswestry hillfort in Shropshire, and Castle Hill in West Yorkshire. He...
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    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...
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    Kelsborrow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, northern England. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Concentric castle Fortified house Hill castle Hillside castle Island castle Lowland castle Ridge castle Spur castle Toll castle Water castle Castle features:...
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  • 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);...
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    Heath is a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its name has historically also been...
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    England, "Maiden Castle (68844)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 23 October 2012 Revealing Cheshire's Past: Maiden Castle promontory...
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    Camp Desborough Castle Cambridgeshire Stonea Camp Wandlebury Ring Cheshire Bradley Eddisbury Helsby Hill Kelsborrow Castle Maiden Castle Oakmere Woodhouse...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and...
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    Barbury Castle is a scheduled hillfort in Wiltshire, England. It is one of several such forts found along the ancient Ridgeway route. The site, which lies...
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  • livestock and hunts, across Lancashire, Cheshire, and northern Wales. His most notable painting was The Cheshire Hunt (1840), a large canvas depicting more...
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  • Castle Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Almondbury overlooking Huddersfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The...
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    sandstones, a common phenomenon all around the Dark Peak, notably at Alport Castles, Longdendale, Glossop and Canyards Hills, Sheffield. Indeed, three larger...
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    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...
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  • Heritage National Monuments record: Cheshire". PastScape. Retrieved 13 February 2011.[dead link] "List of hillforts in Cheshire". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved...
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    Camp Desborough Castle Cambridgeshire Stonea Camp Wandlebury Ring Cheshire Bradley Eddisbury Helsby Hill Kelsborrow Castle Maiden Castle Oakmere Woodhouse...
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    "Aldford Castle (68791)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 6 November 2012 Revealing Cheshire's Past: Motte & Bailey Castle, Aldford,...
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  • 1919 as Dromore Castle. RMS Arundel Castle, passenger ship for Union Castle, launched 11 September 1919, completed 8 April 1921, maiden voyage 22 April...
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    Camp Desborough Castle Cambridgeshire Stonea Camp Wandlebury Ring Cheshire Bradley Eddisbury Helsby Hill Kelsborrow Castle Maiden Castle Oakmere Woodhouse...
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