Wardour Castle
Wiltshire, England
Wardour Castle is a castle in Wiltshire, England. Today it stands as a ruin. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Castle Hill, 8.8 mi away. It is cared for by English Heritage.
Wardour Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Condition
Ruin
Cared for by
English Heritage
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Grade I listed building
About Wardour Castle
Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Salisbury. The castle was built in the 1390s, came into the ownership of the Arundells in the 16th century, and was rendered uninhabitable in 1643 and 1644 during the Civil War.
From the Wikipedia article on Wardour Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wardour Castle sits at 51.0363, -2.0889 in Wiltshire. The closest other castles are Castle Hill (8.8 mi), Ballands Castle (12 mi) and Sturminster Newton Castle (12 mi). Wiltshire has 11 castles in all.
