Cambridge Castle
Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge Castle is a castle in Cambridgeshire, England. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Rampton Castle, 5.5 mi away.
Cambridge Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Rampton Castle
5.5 mi away
Castles in Cambridgeshire
17
England
About Cambridge Castle
Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy and the First and Second Barons' Wars.
From the Wikipedia article on Cambridge Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambridge Castle sits at 52.2121, 0.1145 in Cambridgeshire. The closest other castles are Rampton Castle (5.5 mi), Bourn Castle (7.9 mi) and Burwell Castle (9.8 mi). Cambridgeshire has 17 castles in all.
