Whittington Castle
Shropshire, England
Whittington Castle is a castle in Shropshire, England. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Oswestry Castle, 2.3 mi away.
Whittington Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Grade I listed building
Nearest castle
Oswestry Castle
2.3 mi away
Castles in Shropshire
27
England
About Whittington Castle
Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the 13th century by one with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey.
From the Wikipedia article on Whittington Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whittington Castle sits at 52.8734, -3.0037 in Shropshire. The closest other castles are Oswestry Castle (2.3 mi), Brogyntyn Castle (3.2 mi) and Ellesmere Castle (5.3 mi). Shropshire has 27 castles in all.
