Castle Hill
Castle Hill, also called Mere Castle, was a medieval fortification built by Richard, the Earl of Cornwall, in 1253 on a hill overlooking the town of Mere, Wiltshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Mere, Wiltshire
- Also known as: “Castle Hill, Mere”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mere Museum and Church of St Michael the Archangel.
Mere Museum
Museum
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Mere Museum is situated 990 feet southeast of Castle Hill.
Church of St Michael the Archangel
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael the Archangel is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Castle Hill.
Zeals House
Building
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Zeals House is a building, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Castle Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mere and Barrow Street.
Mere
Town
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mere is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain, close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset.
Barrow Street
Hamlet
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Barrow Street is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England, about 1.9 miles southeast of the town of Mere. The name comes from the early Bronze Age bowl barrow at Barrow Farm. Barrow Farmhouse is from the 17th century. Barrow Street is situated 2 miles southeast of Castle Hill.
Stourton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stourton is a village, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Castle Hill.
Castle Hill
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Mere, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castle Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mere Castle Castle Hill”
- German: “Mere Castle”
- Swedish: “Castle Hill, Mere”
- Swedish: “Mere Castle Castle Hill”
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