Sturminster Newton Castle
Sturminster Newton Castle is a site consisting of the remains of a medieval manor house within an Iron Age hillfort, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England. The ruins are privately owned.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: fortified manor house, formerly a hillfort, in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sturminster Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Bull Inn and St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton.
The Bull Inn
Pub
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bull Inn is a pub, which is situated 420 feet northeast of Sturminster Newton Castle.
St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England Parish Church in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. The present church dates from a rebuild in 1486 by the abbots of Glastonbury. St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Sturminster Newton Castle.
Fiddleford Manor
Manor estate
Photo: marilynjane, CC BY 2.0.
Fiddleford Manor is a medieval manor house located near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. It is thought to have been originally built around 1370 for William Latimer, the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, after the manor passed to him in 1355. Fiddleford Manor is situated 1 mile east of Sturminster Newton Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piddles Wood and Fiddleford.
Piddles Wood
Locality
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piddles Wood is a small area of woodland south of the River Stour, Dorset, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site was notified as an SSSI in 1985.
Fiddleford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fiddleford is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England. Fiddleford is situated between Sturminster Newton and Okeford Fitzpaine in the north of the county.
Bagber
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bagber is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 2 miles west and northwest of Sturminster Newton in the Dorset unitary authority. Bagber is situated 2 miles west of Sturminster Newton Castle.
Sturminster Newton Castle
- Categories: fortified manor house, promontory fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sturminster Newton, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92053° or 50° 55′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.30775° or 2° 18′ 28″ westElevation
171 feet (52 metres)Open location code
9C2VWMCR+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3997487197OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sturminster Newton Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sturminster Newton Castle”
- French: “Sturminster Newton Castle”
- German: “Sturminster Newton Castle”
- Spanish: “Sturminster Newton Castle”
- Swedish: “Sturminster Newton Castle”
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