Mounsey Castle
Mounsey Castle is an Iron Age irregular triangular earthwork of 1.75 hectares north west of Dulverton, Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mounsey Camp” and “Mounsey Castle and an associated outwork 100m to the north”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oldberry Castle and Dulverton Town Hall.
Oldberry Castle
Archaeological site
Oldberry Castle is an Iron Age hill fort north west of Dulverton, Somerset, England. It lies approximately 0.5 miles north-west from Dulverton, close to the Devon border. Oldberry Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mounsey Castle.
Dulverton Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dulverton Town Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street in Dulverton, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Dulverton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Dulverton Town Hall is situated 2 miles southeast of Mounsey Castle.
Church of St Giles
Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Giles in Hawkridge, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Giles is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mounsey Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkridge and Dulverton.
Hawkridge
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkridge is a village, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mounsey Castle.
Dulverton
Town
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exmoor National Park is situated in the south west of the United Kingdom. It spreads across the north coast of Devon and west Somerset and was one of Britain's first national parks. Dulverton is situated 2 miles southeast of Mounsey Castle.
Bridgetown
Hamlet
Exton is a village and civil parish 5 miles north-east of Dulverton and 9 miles south-west of Dunster in Somerset, England. It lies on the River Exe on Exmoor. Bridgetown is situated 3 miles northeast of Mounsey Castle.
Mounsey Castle
- Categories: partial contour fort and tourism
- Location: Dulverton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05436° or 51° 3′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.59046° or 3° 35′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C3R3C35+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 29489337OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6919206
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In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Uzbek—“Mounsey Castle” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Mounsey”
- Uzbek: “Mounsey qal’asi”
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Highlights include Mounsy Wood and Ashwick Wood.
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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 “Mounsey Castle”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.