Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire
Wood Walton

Woodwalton Castle

Woodwalton Castle was a small motte and bailey castle at Church End, the northern end of the parish of , . Located on a natural hillock, the earthworks of the castle still remain, with an outer moat enclosing a circular bailey with a central motte.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Wood Walton, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Castle Hill motte and bailey castle” and “Wood Walton Castle Hill”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Woodwalton and Woodwalton Marsh.

Church
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St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position in fields about 2 kilometres to the north of the village of in , , England. is situated 2,100 feet south of Woodwalton Castle.

Nature reserve
Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 0.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of in . It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Ruins
was a Cistercian abbey located between and in , . The abbey was founded in 1147 by Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Northampton, who was the grandson of Earl Waltheof and Judith, the niece of William the Conqueror who held the manor when the Domesday Survey was compiled. is situated 1 mile west of Woodwalton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodwalton and Sawtry.

Village
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, in Wood Walton civil parish. The village lies approximately 6 miles north of and just east of the A1.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. lies approximately 8 miles north of . is situated within which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. is situated 2½ miles west of Woodwalton Castle.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and the Raveleys, in the non-metropolitan district and historic county of , England, although in the administrative county of . is situated 3 miles east of Woodwalton Castle.

Woodwalton Castle

Latitude
52.42959° or 52° 25′ 47″ north
Longitude
-0.22074° or 0° 13′ 15″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C4XCQHH+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5246106205
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6286671
Wiki­data ID
Q8033546
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Woodwalton Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wood Walton Castle Hill”
  • German: “Woodwalton Castle”
  • Swedish: “Wood Walton Castle Hill”

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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 “Woodwalton Castle”. Photo: Rob enwiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.