Dinton Castle
Buckinghamshire, England
Dinton Castle is a castle in Buckinghamshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The nearest other castle is Cymbeline's Castle, 5.3 mi away.
Dinton Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
Grade II* listed building
Nearest castle
Cymbeline's Castle
5.3 mi away
Castles in Buckinghamshire
8
England
About Dinton Castle
Dinton Castle (also known as Dinton Folly) is located just north of the village of Dinton, in Buckinghamshire and was built as an eyecatcher from the Dinton Hall estate, by Sir John Vanhatten in 1769. He used the castle to exhibit his collection of fossils, ammonites, embedded in the limestone walls.
From the Wikipedia article on Dinton Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dinton Castle sits at 51.7973, -0.8915 in Buckinghamshire. The closest other castles are Cymbeline's Castle (5.3 mi), Weston Turville Castle (5.8 mi) and Bolbec Castle (6.2 mi). Buckinghamshire has 8 castles in all.
