Glottenham Castle
Glottenham Castle was a castle in Mountfield, East Sussex, around 5 miles north of Battle Abbey. Built in the 13th century, it was abandoned in the late 16th or 17th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: moated site in Mountfield, East Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Medieval moated site, Glottenham Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robertsbridge railway station and Darwell Reservoir.
Robertsbridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
Robertsbridge railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the village of Robertsbridge, East Sussex. It is 49 miles 47 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Robertsbridge railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of Glottenham Castle.
Darwell Reservoir
Reservoir
Darwell Reservoir lies to the west of Mountfield, East Sussex, England. The reservoir provides water for Southern Water customers. The reservoir covers around 156 acres and is just over a mile long.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsbridge and Darwell Wood.
Robertsbridge
Photo: Natataek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Robertsbridge is a village in the county of East Sussex, England. Dating from the 10th century AD it is a quaint place with relatively little to see, but due to its location on the main railway line from London to Hastings and the corresponding main road, it represents a good potential base to discover the picturesque local countryside, sights, towns and villages nearby.
Darwell Wood
Locality
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darwell Wood is a 37.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Battle in East Sussex. Darwell Wood is situated 2 miles southwest of Glottenham Castle.
Salehurst
Village
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Salehurst is a village in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It lies immediately to the north-east of the larger village of Robertsbridge, on a minor road; it is approximately thirteen miles north of Hastings, just east of the A21 road. Salehurst is situated 2 miles northeast of Glottenham Castle.
Glottenham Castle
- Categories: moated site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mountfield, Rother District, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glottenham Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glottenham Castle”
- Swedish: “Glottenham Castle”
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