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Montacute is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831. The name Montacute is thought by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus",
Montacute showing the tower of the Church of St. Catherine
St Michael's Tower
St Catherine's Church
Montacute Castle
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Montacute Castle was a castle built on a hill overlooking the village of Montacute, Somerset, England.
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…or Æthelstan) and then to his grandson Asgar. Following the invasion of 1066 it was held by Robert, Count of Mortain, who built the motte-and-bailey Montacute Castle on St Michael's Hill (the Mons Acutus) in 1068. The site of the castle was a deliberate affront to the defeated Saxons, because it was the site where…
View from the site of Monacute Castle