What is recorded here
The Castles is a scheduled monument in County Durham, marking a camp so old it predates written memory. The land may still hold the shape of hands that dug or stacked stone, while people forget the names of those who lived there. Visibility, not ownership, is the point: the camp has been named and protected, but the lives inside it remain unseen.
The National Heritage List for England records 'The Castles' (camp) as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
The CastlesArchaeological place · 22 yd
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Black Hill Top PlantationForest · 1.3 mi
Hamsterley ForestVisitor information · 1.3 mi
Knitsley FellMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Bradley HallVisitor information · 1.9 mi
Wood sculpture. "Treeman"Public sculpture · 2.0 mi
Fir Tree War MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Wolsingham War MemorialMemorial · 3.1 mi
Milestone in WolsinghamMonument or public art · 3.2 mi
Waterfall on Linburn BeckWaterfall · 3.3 mi