Caus Castle
United Kingdom /
England /
Pontesbury /
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/ United Kingdom
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/ Pontesbury
World / United Kingdom / England
castle, castle ruins, archaeological site, Medieval / Middle Ages, hillfort
Caus Castle is located in the civil parish of Westbury in the English county of Shropshire.
The site featured an Iron-Age hillfort, succeeded by a Norman motte and bailey castle, refurbished multiple times from the late 12th century onwards. It was ruined during the English Civil War, in 1645, and not repaired subsequently.
It also the capital of a small but thriving micronation - the Sovereign Barony of Caux.
www.baronyofcaux.com/index.html
The site featured an Iron-Age hillfort, succeeded by a Norman motte and bailey castle, refurbished multiple times from the late 12th century onwards. It was ruined during the English Civil War, in 1645, and not repaired subsequently.
It also the capital of a small but thriving micronation - the Sovereign Barony of Caux.
www.baronyofcaux.com/index.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caus_Castle
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°39'52"N 2°58'50"W
- Poulton Research Project/Poulton Abbey 52 km
- Birtsmorton Court 85 km
- East Stoke Medieval Site 147 km
- Stock medieval settlement 151 km
- Wharram Percy 218 km
- Holne Chase 244 km
- Chichester walled city 253 km
- Medieval Field System 256 km
- Durrow Abbey 314 km
- Middle-Age city of Vitré 520 km
- Hayford Solar Farm 3.4 km
- New House Farm 5.5 km
- Eastridge Woods 6.7 km
- Oaks Wood 8.3 km
- Stiperstones NNR 8.8 km
- Lawn Hill 8.9 km
- Arscott Golf Club 9 km
- Hanwood 10 km
- Paulith Bank 10 km
- Shropshire Hills AONB 18 km