Castle Ring defended settlement
Castle Ring defended settlement is a castle in Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Castle Ring defended settlement is situated nearby to the archaeological site Nine Stones Close, as well as near Robin Hood’s Stride.Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: hillfort in Harthill, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Castle Ring” and “Harthill Moor Castle Ring”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nine Stones Close and Robin Hood’s Stride.
Nine Stones Close
Archaeological site
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nine Stones Close, also known as the Grey Ladies, is a stone circle on Harthill Moor in Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. It is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Nine Stones Close is situated 1,600 feet east of Castle Ring defended settlement.
Robin Hood’s Stride
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Robin Hood's Stride is a rock formation on the Limestone Way in Derbyshire close to the village of Elton. The nearest town is Bakewell, to the north. It consists of gritstone boulders deeply seamed by water flows. Robin Hood’s Stride is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Castle Ring defended settlement.
Doll Tor
Archaeological site
Photo: Elfmeterschiessen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doll Tor is a stone circle just west of Stanton Moor, near the village of Birchover, Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. Doll Tor is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Doll Tor is situated 1 mile east of Castle Ring defended settlement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alport and Youlgreave.
Alport
Village
Photo: Tom Courtney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alport is a hamlet in the White Peak area of Derbyshire, England. It lies east of Youlgreave, at the confluence of the River Bradford and the River Lathkill.
Youlgreave
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Youlgreave or Youlgrave is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, on the River Bradford 2+1⁄2 miles south of Bakewell.
Elton
Village
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elton is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, and lies within the Peak District. Its nearest towns are Bakewell and Matlock.
Castle Ring defended settlement
- Categories: contour fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castle Ring defended settlement” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castle Ring”
- Swedish: “Castle Ring”
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