Cainhoe Castle
Cainhoe Castle was an 11th-century Norman castle, located near the village of Clophill, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. Cainhoe Castle was a motte and triple bailey castle, built by Nigel d'Aubigny, a Norman Knight, sometime after the Norman Invasion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: 11th century Norman castle in England
- Also known as: “Cainhoe Castle Hill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Clophill and The Green Man Public House.
St Mary’s Church, Clophill
Ruins
Photo: Mr Biz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The present St Mary's Church is located in the centre of the small village of Clophill, between Bedford and Luton in the county of Bedfordshire in the South Midlands of England. St Mary’s Church, Clophill is situated 1 mile north of Cainhoe Castle.
The Green Man Public House
Restaurant
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Green Man Public House is a restaurant, which is situated 1 mile west of Cainhoe Castle.
The Flying Horse Public House
Pub
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Flying Horse Public House is situated 1 mile west of Cainhoe Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beadlow and Clophill.
Beadlow
Hamlet
Beadlow is a hamlet in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands.
Clophill
Village
Photo: Richard Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clophill is a village and civil parish clustered on the north bank of the River Flit, Bedfordshire, England. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Clopelle.
Upper Gravenhurst
Village
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Gravenhurst is a village in the civil parish of Gravenhurst, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The Church of St Giles has been established in the village since the 12th Century.
Cainhoe Castle
- Categories: earthworks, motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Clophill, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.02415° or 52° 1′ 27″ northLongitude
-0.40166° or 0° 24′ 6″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C4X2HFX+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 10840312626OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cainhoe Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cainhoe Castle”
- German: “Cainhoe Castle”
- Swedish: “Cainhoe Castle”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cainhoe Castle”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.