Buckton Castle
Greater Manchester, England
Buckton Castle is a hilltop castle in Greater Manchester, England, first built in 1200. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Glossop Castle, 4.5 mi away.
Buckton Castle at a glance
Built
1200
12th century
Type
Hilltop castle
Enclosure castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Glossop Castle
4.5 mi away
About Buckton Castle
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide (9 ft) stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres (33 ft) wide and 6 metres (20 ft) deep.
From the Wikipedia article on Buckton Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buckton Castle sits at 53.5114, -2.0180 in Greater Manchester. The closest other castles are Glossop Castle (4.5 mi), Stockport Castle (8.9 mi) and Rochdale Castle (9.2 mi). Greater Manchester has 9 castles in all.
