England · 17th century
Chilham Castle is a Jacobean manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The keep is of Norman origin and dates to 1174, although it may have been built on an older Anglo-Saxon fortification. The manor house was completed in 1616 for Sir Dudley Digges. Various renovations and improvements to the Manor House and surrounding gardens took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Chilham Castle ranks #2,527 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #170 of the 360 mapped in England. Founded 1612, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,092 times in the last 60 days, more than 71% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Southend-on-Sea, 37 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
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