Nunney Castle
Nunney Castle is a medieval castle at Nunney in the English county of Somerset. Built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare on the profits of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, the moated castle's architectural style, possibly influenced by the design of French castles, has provoked considerable academic debate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of All Saints, Nunney and George Inn.
Church of All Saints, Nunney
Church
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The Church of All Saints at Nunney, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen.
Bridge House
Building
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridge House is a building, which is situated 370 feet southwest of Nunney Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nunney and Marston Bigot Park.
Nunney
Village
Photo: Nabokov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nunney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located 3 miles south-west of Frome and the parish includes the hamlet of Holwell.
Marston Bigot Park
Locality
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marston Bigot Park encompasses approximately 222 hectares and includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston.
Witham Friary
Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Witham Friary is a small English village and civil parish located between the towns of Frome and Bruton in the county of Somerset. It is in the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the ancient Forest of Selwood. Witham Friary is situated 3 miles south of Nunney Castle.
Nunney Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval castle in Somerset, England, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nunney, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.21017° or 51° 12′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.3783° or 2° 22′ 42″ westElevation
348 feet (106 metres)Operator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C3V6J6C+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 118483469OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Nunney Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nunney Castle”
- Chinese: “朗尼城堡”
- Chinese: “纳尼城堡”
- Danish: “Nunney Castle”
- Dutch: “Nunney Castle”
- Finnish: “Nunneyn linna”
- French: “château de Nunney”
- French: “Château de Nunney”
- German: “Nunney Castle”
- Russian: “Замок Нунни”
- Swedish: “Nunney Castle”
- Tajik: “Қасри Нунней (Сомерсет)”
- Tajik: “Қасри Нунней”
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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 “Nunney Castle”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.