Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Maiden Castle

Maiden Castle.-- ancient fortification, in co. and 2 miles E. of Durham, on a cliff 100 ft. above the river Wear.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient fortification"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Maiden Castle

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