Maiden Castle Motte
Maiden Castle Motte is a castle in County Durham, North East England, England. Maiden Castle Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Old Durham, as well as near the sports venue Green Lane Cricket Ground.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maiden Castle and Green Lane Cricket Ground.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort in Durham, England. It is listed as a scheduled monument. Maiden Castle is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Maiden Castle Motte.
Green Lane Cricket Ground
Sports venue
Green Lane is a cricket ground in Durham, County Durham. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1866, when Durham City played the Northumberland Club. Green Lane Cricket Ground is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Maiden Castle Motte.
HM Prison Durham
Prison
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Durham is a Georgian era reception Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham in County Durham, England. Built in 1819, the prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. HM Prison Durham is situated 2,700 feet west of Maiden Castle Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Durham and Elvet.
Old Durham
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Durham is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central Durham and south of Gilesgate. The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at Old Durham during 1940s.
Elvet
Suburb
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvet is an area of the city of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the opposite side of the River Wear from Durham Cathedral and forms the south-eastern part of central Durham.
Gilesgate
Suburb
Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilesgate is a street and an eastern inner suburb of Durham in County Durham, England. The street was once the main eastern route into Durham City. It runs east from the end of Claypath on the edge of Durham City centre, steeply uphill to Gilesgate Moor where it splits into Sunderland Road and Sherburn Road.
Maiden Castle Motte
- Type: Castle
- Description: possibly the site of a castle, in Old Durham, County Durham, England
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Maiden Castle Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Maiden Castle Motte”
- Swedish: “Maiden Castle Motte”
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