Alberbury Castle

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Alberbury Castle
Alberbury Castle

Alberbury Castle is in the village of Alberbury, some nine miles north-west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and very close to the border with Wales (grid reference SJ358144). It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Its origins are uncertain but it was probably built in the 13th century[2] by Fulke Fitz Warine.[3] Only the ruined tower remains.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Images of England: Alberbury Castle. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
  2. ^ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 176. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3. 
  3. ^ Castles in Shropshire. Secret Shropshire. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
  4. ^ Alberbury Castle. Castles of Wales. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.

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Coordinates: 52.72342° N 2.95199° W

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