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.

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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

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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

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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.

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity at Chilton Trinity in the English county of Somerset was established in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 1½ miles southwest 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

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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

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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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Latitude

51.1672° or 51° 10′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.9894° or 2° 59′ 22″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

9C3V5286+V6

GeoNames ID

6285927

Wikidata ID

Q5302812

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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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