Motte
Motte is an archaeological site in Berkhamsted, Dacorum District, England. Motte is situated nearby to Berkhamsted Castle, as well as near the ruins The Chapel.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berkhamsted Castle and Berkhamsted railway station.
Berkhamsted Castle
Castle
Photo: Winstainforth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.
Berkhamsted railway station
Railway station
Photo: Cnbrb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Berkhamsted railway station is in the historic market town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. It is located just beside Berkhamsted Castle, overlooking the Grand Junction Canal. Berkhamsted railway station is situated 1,100 feet west of Motte.
The Rex
Movie theater
Photo: Lucy Downey, CC BY 2.0.
The Rex is a cinema in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Designed in the art deco style by David Evelyn Nye in 1936, the cinema opened to the public in 1938. The Rex is situated 2,100 feet south of Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Heath and Potten End.
Little Heath
Hamlet
Little Heath is a partly wooded area with scattered housing, just south of the village of Potten End, Hertfordshire, England. It represents the top of the Chiltern Hill plateau and has distinctive geological beds that remain while they have been eroded elsewhere.
Potten End
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge.
Frithsden
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frithsden is a small hamlet in Hertfordshire, England. It sits in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles north of the town of Berkhamsted, which it's part of. Frithsden is situated 1½ miles northeast of Motte.
Motte
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Berkhamsted, Dacorum District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76431° or 51° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
-0.55824° or 0° 33′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3XQC7R+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1698318478OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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