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Beeston Castle
Standing majestically on a sheer rocky crag, Beeston has perhaps the most stunning views of any castle in England. Excavations indicate that a Bronze Age settlement and Iron Age hillfort occupied the site long before the castle was begun in 1225. For centuries an impregnable royal fortress, it final...
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CastleXplorer - Beeston Castle
The medieval ruins of Beeston Castle stand on a rocky summit 500ft above the Cheshire plain, offering stunning views from the Pennines in the east to the mountains of Wales in the west. The fortification dates from 1225 when it was built by Ranulf, the sixth Earl of Chester, and contains one of the ...
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Beeston Castle
In 1642 with the outbreak of the Civil War military fortifications were once again in high demand and Beeston Castle was hastily re-commissioned. During the War, Beeston fell first to the Parliamentarians and then the Royalists and then with the surrender of Chester in February 1646, orders were giv...
ukheritage.net
Beeston: Castle of the Rock
There is something very romantic in the climb up the wooded hill along the sunken path created by the wheels of quarry wagons. The outer bailey appears out of nowhere and it is almost possible to believe that it has remained undiscovered for hundreds of years. As the climb continues and visitors cro...
timetravel-britain.com
aerial photographs of Beeston Castle , England
This has been a fortified site for 4000 years starting as a Bronze age hill fort. The castle was built in 1226 by the Earl of Chester and has one of the deepest wells in England. The castle was in good repair for much of the middle ages but by the time of the English civil war was rather dilapidated...
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