Castles Camp
Castles Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the Taunton Deane district of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated approximately 1 mile west from the village of Bathealton.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Castles”, “The Castles”, and “The Castles, Bathealton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Michael’s Church, Stawley and St Bartholomew’s Church, Bathealton.
St Michael’s Church, Stawley
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Michael in Stawley, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The current church stands on the site of an earlier Norman church from which some herringbone pattern walling survives in the nave. St Michael’s Church, Stawley is situated 1¼ miles south of Castles Camp.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Bathealton
Church
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bartholomew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bathealton, Somerset, England. It was built in 1854 to the designs of C. E. Giles and is a Grade II listed building. Today the church is part of the Wellington and District Team Ministry. St Bartholomew’s Church, Bathealton is situated 1½ miles east of Castles Camp.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of All Saints is an Anglican church in Chipstable, Somerset, England which probably dates from the early 13th century. It is located in the deanery of Tone, within the diocese of Bath and Wells. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles northwest of Castles Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stawley and Kittisford.
Stawley
Village
Photo: Chriscooke99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stawley is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 10 miles west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 279 and includes the village of Kittisford and the hamlets of Appley, Greenham and Tracebridge.
Kittisford
Village
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kittisford is a village and former civil parish and manor, now in the parish of Stawley in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, situated 7 miles west of Taunton. Kittisford is situated 2 miles southeast of Castles Camp.
Chipstable
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chipstable is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside Heydon Hill 10 miles west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 309. The parish includes Raddington and Waterrow. Chipstable is situated 2 miles northwest of Castles Camp.
Castles Camp
- Categories: partial contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bathealton, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.01198° or 51° 0′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.34496° or 3° 20′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C3R2M64+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 220458310OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5050588
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