Sherborne Old Castle
Sherborne Old Castle is a castle in Castleton, West Dorset District, England. Sherborne Old Castle is situated nearby to Church of St Mary Magdalene, as well as near Sherborne Castle.- Email: customers@english-heritage.org.uk
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Castleton, Dorset, England, UK
- Postal code: DT9 3SA
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Castle and Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Sherborne Castle
Castle
Photo: JackPeasePhotography, CC BY 2.0.
Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England, within the parish of Castleton. Originally built by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sherborne Lodge, and extended in the 1620s, it stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre Digby estate. Sherborne Castle is situated 1,300 feet south of Sherborne Old Castle.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary Magdalene is situated 700 feet west of Sherborne Old Castle.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
Photo: Isis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 3,500 feet west of Sherborne Old Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherborne and Alweston.
Sherborne
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sherborne is a small town in England. A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 2 miles southeast of Sherborne Old Castle.
Poyntington
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles north of Sherborne. Poyntington is situated 2 miles north of Sherborne Old Castle.
Sherborne Old Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Castleton, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94959° or 50° 56′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.50191° or 2° 30′ 7″ westElevation
230 feet (70 metres)Operator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C2VWFXX+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 86355465OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sherborne Old Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sherborne Old Castle”
- Swedish: “Sherborne Old Castle”
- Turkish: “Sherborne Old Kalesi”
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