Bury Castle
Bury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near Selworthy, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a scheduled monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort and castle in Brompton Regis, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bury Castle Camp”, “Bury Castle Camp, Brompton Regis”, “Bury Castle, Selworthy”, and “Bury Castle, Somerset”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Selworthy War Memorial Cross.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Geoff Barber, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints which sits on a hillside above Selworthy, Somerset, England is a whitewashed 15th-century Church, with a 14th-century tower. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. Church of All Saints is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Bury Castle.
Selworthy War Memorial Cross
Memorial
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Selworthy War Memorial Cross is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Bury Castle.
Selworthy Beacon
Peak
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selworthy Beacon is a hill and Marilyn of Exmoor in Somerset, England. It lies within the boundaries of Exmoor National Park, to the north of the village of Selworthy and northwest of Minehead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allerford and Bossington.
Allerford
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy. It appears in Domesday Book as "Alresford – forda Ralph de Limesy Mill".
Luccombe
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Luccombe or Luckham is a village and civil parish in the Exmoor National Park in the English county of Somerset. It at the foot of the moor's highest hill, the 1,750 feet Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and Minehead. Luccombe is situated 1½ miles south of Bury Castle.
Bury Castle
- Categories: contour fort, motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brompton Regis, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.21339° or 51° 12′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.55116° or 3° 33′ 4″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
9C3R6C7X+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1336764165OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bury Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bury Castle”
- German: “Bury Castle”
- Swedish: “Bury Castle”
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