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© Mr Howard Bagshaw LRPS
IoE Number:
444419
Location:
CHARTLEY CASTLE,
STOWE, STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr Howard Bagshaw LRPS
Date Photographed:
15 August 1999
Date listed:
15 January 1968
Date of last amendment:
15 January 1968
Grade
II*
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STOWE-BY-CHARTLEY
1.
2385
SK 02 NW 1/5 15.1.68. Chartley Castle
II*
2.
Ruined. Remains of early Cl3 building within extensive earth-works The
enclosure is quadrangular with the remains of the keep at 1 end on a motte.
At the lower end are 2 massive circular towers with walls about 12
feet thick and filth slit openings. The site is so overgrown that a care-
ful examination is impossible. Mary Queen of Scots-imprisoned here Jan-
Sept, 1586. A.M.