Down End Castle
Down End Castle, also known as Downend Castle, Chisley Mount or Chidley Mount, was a motte-and-bailey castle at Down End, north of Dunball in the parish of Puriton, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Puriton, Sedgemoor, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bally Field”, “Chidley Mount”, “Chisley Mount”, “Down End Earthworks”, “Downend Castle”, and “Motte with two baileys immediately east of Bristol Road, Down End”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton and Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett.
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Puriton, Somerset, England was constructed from local Blue Lias stone. It has an early 13th-century tower, with the remainder of the building dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton is situated 3,800 feet east of Down End Castle.
Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett
Church
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Pawlett, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Norman church of St John the Baptist replaced an earlier Saxon structure and the church is thought to have been a popular station on medieval pilgrimages from Watchet to Glastonbury. Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett is situated 1 mile northwest of Down End Castle.
Willow Man
Monument
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Willow Man is a large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey. It is in a field to the west of the M5 motorway, near Bridgwater in Somerset, South West England, near to the Bristol to Exeter railway line and south of junction 23 of the motorway. Willow Man is situated 1¼ miles south of Down End Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunball and Puriton.
Dunball
Hamlet
Dunball is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Just north of Dunball is Down End which is the site of Down End Castle a motte-and-bailey castle, which has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Puriton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.
Stretcholt
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stretcholt. The village has Roman or Saxon origins. Stretcholt is situated 2 miles northwest of Down End Castle.
Down End Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Puriton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Down End Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chisley Mount”
- German: “Down End Castle”
- Swedish: “Chisley Mount”
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