England · Ruin
Buckton Castle
Buckton Castle is a small medieval enclosure castle on Buckton Hill near Carrbrook, Tameside, surviving only as buried and earthworked remains. It had a thick sandstone curtain wall surrounding an oval enclosure and was entered through a stone gatehouse on the north-west side. The site is a scheduled monument and was extensively investigated by archaeologists in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
First raised
1200
Its prime
1170
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1170
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a sandstone ridge, Buckton Castle in its prime was a compact oval enclosure (about 35.6 × 26.2 m) ringed by a 2.8 m-thick sandstone curtain wall. A 10 m-wide, 6 m-deep ditch encircled the wall (absent where the slope made it unnecessary). The north-west gatehouse pierced the wall with an offset gate passage and chambers above, probably two storeys. The interior was raised about 1.5 m from ditch level and stood amid open moorland and heather.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1170.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Buckton Castle — including 4 interiors: gate passage and inner chamber, interior enclosure and yard, well by the south curtain and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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