Buckton Castle
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres wide and 6 metres deep.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 1,099 feet (335 metres)
- …is also known as “Buckeden”
- Description: 12th-century castle in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Mossley railway station and Mossley Hollins High School.
Mossley railway station
Mossley railway station…
1 mile west of Buckton Castle
Church of St John the Baptist
1¼ miles northwest of Buckton Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrbrook and Heyheads.
Carrbrook
Carrbrook is a village east of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester, England.
Heyheads
Hamlet
Heyheads is the easternmost area of Stalybridge, in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.
Buckton Castle
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Latitude
53.51116° or 53° 30′ 40″ north
Longitude
-2.0178° or 2° 1′ 4″ west
Open location code
9C5VGX6J+FV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tunisian Arabic—“Buckton Castle” goes by many names.
قلعة باكتونArabic
Buckton CastleCebuano
巴克頓堡Chinese
Bucktonin linnaFinnish
Localities in the Area
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