Castles and forts in Bolsover
The Discover Alone map has 3 castles and forts in Bolsover, England. Below are the 3 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
Open Bolsover on the map- Pinxton Castle motte and fortified manor with moated site and five fishpondsScheduled monumentMarian and I walked past five green fishponds before reaching the moated manor. The wide water ditch cut through the…
- Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover CastleScheduled monumentBolsover’s medieval defences still stand as an eight-metre-wide bank and a sharp V-shaped ditch, marking the planned…
- Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.Scheduled monumentBolsover Castle in Derbyshire is an eleventh-century motte and bailey castle, a twelfth-century tower keep castle and a…