Pilsbury Castle
Pilsbury Castle was a Norman castle in Derbyshire near the present-day village of Pilsbury, overlooking the River Dove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Pilsbury, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pilsbury Castle Hills motte and bailey castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include High Wheeldon and Church of St Luke.
High Wheeldon
Peak
Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Wheeldon is a dome-shaped hill near the Staffordshire border in Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, Derbyshire, in the Peak District valley of Upper Dovedale, overlooking the villages of Earl Sterndale, Longnor and Crowdecote. High Wheeldon is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pilsbury Castle.
Church of St Luke
Church
Photo: Richard Whitham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Luke, Sheen, Staffordshire is a Grade II* listed Anglican church. Its origins are of the 14th century, but it was largely rebuilt in the mid-19th century, firstly by C. Church of St Luke is situated 1½ miles south of Pilsbury Castle.
Cronkston Low bowl barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cronkston Low bowl barrow is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles north of Pilsbury Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pilsbury and Crowdecote.
Pilsbury
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Temple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pilsbury is a hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire, approximately 2 miles north of Hartington. It is on the side of the valley of the River Dove that, thereabouts, forms the border with the county of Staffordshire.
Crowdecote
Village
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Crowdecote is a small village in Derbyshire, England. It is situated on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire about 6 miles south of Buxton. Crowdecote is within the civil parish of Hartington Middle Quarter.
Longnor
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longnor is a village in the Staffordshire Peak District, England. The settlement dates from early times, the first recorded church building being in the Middle Ages. Longnor is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pilsbury Castle.
Pilsbury Castle
Latitude
53.17164° or 53° 10′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.83097° or 1° 49′ 52″ westElevation
830 feet (253 metres)Open location code
9C5W55C9+MJOpenStreetMap ID
way 378019259OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6287386Wikidata ID
Q7194511
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pilsbury Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pilsbury Castle Hills”
- German: “Pilsbury Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Pilsbury”
- Swedish: “Pilsbury Castle Hills”
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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 “Pilsbury Castle”. Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.