Shotwick Castle
Shotwick Castle is a Norman medieval fortification near the village of Saughall, Cheshire, England. Construction began in the late 11th century. Its purpose was to control a crossing point on the River Dee between England and Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Saughall and Shotwick Park, Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shotwick Castle motte and bailey and late medieval garden remains”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include All Saints Church and St Bartholomew’s Church, Sealand.
All Saints Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church, Great Saughall, is located in Church Road in the civil parish of Saughall and Shotwick Park, formerly Saughall and before that Great Saughall, in the county of Cheshire, England. All Saints Church is situated 1 mile east of Shotwick Castle.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Sealand
Church
Photo: Anthony Appleyard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Bartholomew's Church, Sealand, is in Sealand, Flintshire, Wales and in the diocese of St Asaph The church is designated as a Grade II listed building. St Bartholomew’s Church, Sealand is situated 1 mile south of Shotwick Castle.
Shotwick House
Building
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Shotwick House is a large house in Great Saughall, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Shotwick House is situated 2,900 feet east of Shotwick Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sealand and Shotwick.
Sealand
Village
Photo: Anthony Appleyard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sealand is a community in Flintshire and electoral ward, north-east Wales, on the edge of the Wirral peninsula. It is west of the city of Chester, England, and is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border.
Shotwick
Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shotwick is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Puddington, on the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Garden City
Village
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garden City is a village in the Sealand area of Flintshire, Wales. The village began as a planned community for workers at the nearby steel works in Shotton, in accordance with company policy to give their workers decent housing.
Shotwick Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shotwick Park, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22716° or 53° 13′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.97603° or 2° 58′ 34″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C5V62GF+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 258538890OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Shotwick Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shotwick Castle”
- German: “Shotwick Castle”
- Swedish: “Shotwick Castle”
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