Beaudesert Castle

Beaudesert Castle was on a high mound overlooking the village of Beaudesert to the east of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. It is a scheduled monument. The remains found on the site show that it was originally an Iron Age fort which gave the mount its ancient name, Donnilee.

Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: archaeological site in the village of Beaudesert in Warwickshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Beaudesert Castle: motte and bailey castle and two fishponds”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Henley-in-Arden railway station.

Church of St Nicholas

Church

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Nicholas is situated 1,000 feet west of Beaudesert Castle.

Henley-in-Arden railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Henley-in-Arden is a railway station serving the town of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England. It is on the North Warwickshire Line between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon. Henley-in-Arden railway station is situated 2,600 feet west of Beaudesert Castle.

Church of St John The Baptist Including Wall To Guildhall

Church

Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.

Church of St John The Baptist Including Wall To Guildhall is situated 1,600 feet west of Beaudesert Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Henley-in-Arden and Wootton Wawen.

Henley-in-Arden

Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.

Henley-in-Arden is a historic market town of 2,100 people in Warwickshire. Henley is known for its variety of historic buildings, some of which date back to medieval times, and its wide variety of preserved architectural styles.

Wootton Wawen

Village

Photo: Velela, Public domain.

Wootton Wawen is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is on the A3400 in mid-western Warwickshire, about 20 miles from Birmingham, about 2 miles south of Henley-in-Arden and about 6.5 miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Wootton Wawen is situated 2 miles south of Beaudesert Castle.

Oldberrow

Village

Photo: Argrogan, Public domain.

Oldberrow is a village in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England. The parish was part of Worcestershire until 1896, when it was transferred to Warwickshire, into which county it penetrated, between Morton Bagot and Ullenhall, as a narrow strip some 3 miles long by about ½ mile wide. Oldberrow is situated 2 miles west of Beaudesert Castle.

Beaudesert Castle

Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Beaudesert, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.29318° or 52° 17′ 35″ north

Longitude

-1.77269° or 1° 46′ 22″ west

Elevation

292 feet (89 metres)

Open location code

9C4W76VG+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2684426962

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

6286529

Wikidata ID

Q4877442

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Beaudesert Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Beaudesert Castle”
Danish: “Beaudesert Castle”
German: “Beaudesert Castle”
Latin: “Bellodesertum Castellum”
Portuguese: “Castelo Beaudesert”
Swedish: “Beaudesert Castle”

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