Castles · East Midlands

Peveril Castle

Peveril Castle — castle in Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK.

Peveril Castle is a castle in east midlands. Established 1080. (Ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in Derbyshire.) Wikipedia notes: "Peveril Castle is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement of the feudal barony of William Peverel, known as the Honour of Peverel, and was founded some time between the Norman Conquest of 1066 and its first recorded mention in the Domesday Survey of 1086, by Peverel, who held lands in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire as a tenant-in-chief of the king.". Coordinates 53.3402°, -1.7772°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates: 53.3402, -1.7772
Established: 1080
Official site: www.english-heritage.org.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q255574 (CC0)
wikipedia: Peveril Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Peveril Castle keep, 2009.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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