Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage
Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage is a castle in Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England. Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage is situated nearby to the hamlet Meadowtown, as well as near the peak Stapeley Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Rorrington”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity and Mitchell’s Fold.
Church of Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Paul Beaman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Holy Trinity is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage.
Mitchell’s Fold
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mitchell's Fold is a Bronze Age stone circle in southwest Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the southwest end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 1083 ft o.d. Mitchell’s Fold is situated 1¼ miles south of Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage.
Stapeley Hill
Peak
Stapeley Hill is a sacred saddleback shaped hill in south-west Shropshire, near the village of Priestweston, not far from another landmark, Corndon Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rorrington and Meadowtown.
Rorrington
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Beaman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rorrington is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Four lanes lead into the hamlet: from Marton in the north, Meadowtown in the east, Middleton in the south, and Wotherton in the west.
Meadowtown
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meadowtown is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Worthen with Shelve. Neighbouring hamlets include Marton, Ox Wood, Crest Wood, and Rorrington.
Middleton
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton is a scattered settlement in Shropshire with a chapel and a former schoolhouse. It was once much more populated but went into decline once mining ended in the area.
Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Motte castle adjacent to The Mount cottage” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Рорингтон”
- Cebuano: “Rorrington”
- Swedish: “Rorrington”
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Explore places such as Stapeley and Wotherton.
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