Watch Hill Castle
Greater Manchester, England
Watch Hill Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle in Greater Manchester, England. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Dunham Castle, 1.2 mi away.
Watch Hill Castle at a glance
Type
Motte-and-bailey castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Dunham Castle
1.2 mi away
Castles in Greater Manchester
9
England
About Watch Hill Castle
Watch Hill Castle (also known as Yarwood Castle, Castle Hill, and Bowdon Watch) is a medieval motte-and-bailey on the boundary of Bowdon and Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is a scheduled monument.
From the Wikipedia article on Watch Hill Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Watch Hill Castle sits at 53.3704, -2.3813 in Greater Manchester. The closest other castles are Dunham Castle (1.2 mi), Ullerwood Castle (3.6 mi) and Stockport Castle (9.8 mi). Greater Manchester has 9 castles in all.
