Castle Mound
Castle Mound is a castle in Mount Bures, City of Colchester, England. Castle Mound is situated nearby to the church St John the Baptist, Mount Bures, as well as near the community center Mount Bures Village Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bures railway station and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bures St Mary.
Bures railway station
Railway station
Bures railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to Sudbury, in the East of England, serving the village of Bures, which straddles the counties of Essex and Suffolk. Bures railway station is situated 1 mile north of Castle Mound.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bures St Mary
Church
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bures St Mary is situated 1 mile north of Castle Mound.
The Eight Bells Public House
Pub
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Eight Bells Public House is situated 1 mile north of Castle Mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bures and Bures Green.
Bures
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bures is a village in eastern England that straddles the Essex/Suffolk border, made up of two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St Mary in Suffolk. In 2011 it had a population of 1433.
Bures Green
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bures Green is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles north of Castle Mound.
Lamarsh
Village
Lamarsh is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the county of Essex, England. It is near the large village of Bures and the village of Alphamstone. Lamarsh is situated 2 miles northwest of Castle Mound.
Castle Mound
- Type: Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mount Bures, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.95886° or 51° 57′ 32″ northLongitude
0.7705° or 0° 46′ 14″ eastOpen location code
9F32XQ5C+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 147497386OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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