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CASTLE, a hamlet adjacent to the river Brue, and to the Mid-Somerset railway, 3½ miles NNE of Glastonbury, in Somerset. It has an ancient cross; and an eminence adjoining it, called Castle Hill, was the site of an ancient stronghold.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Castle |
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