Weoley Castle
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Weoley Castle
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 3 Oct 2015
Surrounded by a housing estate, it has evidently been considered prudent to surround the remains of Weoley Castle with a substantial fence; at most times visitors can only look on and read a couple of information boards. Despite the name, this was never a proper castle but a fortified medieval manor house, dating from the 1270s. It had a moat, towers and battlements but no keep and its location in the valley of the Bourn Brook was not a true defensive position.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.442533
Longitude
-1.969944