Maiden Castle

Maiden Castle may refer to:

  • Maiden Castle, Cheshire, an Iron Age hill fort
  • Maiden Castle, Dorset, an Iron Age hill fort
  • Maiden Castle, Durham, an Iron Age promontory fort
  • Castellum Puellarum-Castle of the Maidens, an alternative name for Edinburgh Castle
  • Maiden Castle, North Yorkshire, an Iron Age settlement
  • Ghal'eh Dokhtar in Iran, also known as the Maiden's Castle

Famous quotes containing the words maiden and/or castle:

    “Y’are the maiden posies,
    And so graced
    To be placed
    ‘Fore damask roses.

    Yet though thus respected
    By-and-by
    Ye do lie,
    Poor girls, neglected.”
    —Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

    “Let me be at the place of the castle.
    Let the castle be within me.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)