Castles and forts in Amber Valley
The Discover Alone map has 7 castles and forts in Amber Valley, England. Below are the 7 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Horston CastleRuinsKing John’s stone keep still stands behind years of grass and forgotten quarry scars. Ralph de Buron first raised the…
Horsley Castle tower keep castleScheduled monumentHorsley Castle stood above the Derwent valley as a rare tower keep, its north wall still rising five metres to reveal…
Codnor CastleScheduled monumentCodnor Castle stands as a ruined thirteenth-century stone keep overlooking the Erewash valley, where round towers and…- Mackworth medieval settlement including the castle gatehouse, part of the medieval open field system and a pinfoldScheduled monumentMackworth is a scheduled monument preserving a medieval settlement, castle gatehouse, open field system and pinfold in…
- Castle Hill, PentrichArchaeological placeCastle Hill in Pentrich still stands as a marked archaeological place, though no castle wall remains for a visitor to…
- Castle Hill campScheduled monumentCastle Hill camp is a Roman fortlet on an Amber Valley ridge, its double earthworks still marking a small square where…
- Twelfth century tower keep castle, including sites of an eleventh century motte and bailey castle, an Anglian cemetery and a Romano-British settlementScheduled monumentRoman, Anglian and castle people all claimed the same ground before stone towers rose above older earthworks. The…