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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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castle Fortified house Hill castle Hillside castle Island castle Lowland castle Ordensburg Ridge castle Spur castle Toll castle Water castle Castle features:...
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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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England, "Maiden Castle (68844)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 23 October 2012 Revealing Cheshire's Past: Maiden Castle promontory...
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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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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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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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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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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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Camp Desborough Castle Cambridgeshire Stonea Camp Wandlebury Ring Cheshire Bradley Eddisbury Helsby Hill Kelsborrow Castle Maiden Castle Oakmere Woodhouse...
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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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Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha (7.9 acres) and...
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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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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...
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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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"Aldford Castle (68791)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 6 November 2012 Revealing Cheshire's Past: Motte & Bailey Castle, Aldford,...
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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...
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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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Legion (Augusta), led by Vespasian, who by then had already captured Maiden Castle and other hill forts to the south, this interpretation now seems unlikely...
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cured of illness. At Elmley Castle, on the north side of the hill, there are the remains of a considerable medieval castle, once the chief stronghold of...
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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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