Buckton Castle is a castle in Greater Manchester (the historic county of Lancashire), England. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site has provided archaelogical evidence dating back to the 8th and 10th centuries. It is the oldest surviving building in Tameside, located on a steep sandstone ridge about 335 meters above sea level. A castle (from the Latin castellum) is a structure that is fortified for defence against an enemy and generally serves as a military headquarters dominating the surrounding countryside[1]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained fortress, usually of the Middle Ages. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ... Lancashire is a county and duchy palatine in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi - Water (%) Population... A Scheduled Ancient Monument is defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983 of the United Kingdom government. ... Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in north west England. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...
The castle is a ringwork composed of a raised platform, approximately 35 meters by 40 meters and roughly rectangular. There are remains of a bailey on the northern side, but they are not dated to the medieval era. The site also appears to be an Iron Age hill fort. A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...
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