A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



The castle and the church are in close proximity to one another. The 

 earthwork in this case, cut as it was through the solid rock, was of important 

 character though not very extensive. Altitude 469 ft. 



AUDLEY. HEIGHLEY CASTLE is situated about 4J miles westward of 

 Newcastle under Lyme. It is on high ground at about the altitude of 

 345 ft. above sea level. The prospects from it are very extensive and 

 embrace the view of the Church Stretton, Welsh and other hills. The site 

 of the building was on a rocky hill which, however, was not formed by the 

 raising of a mound but by the isolation of a peak by the hewing away of the 

 surrounding rock and then forming out of the side of the hill a clear mound. 

 At the same time there was constructed a fosse of great dimensions and stern 

 aspect, being in places upwards of 30 ft. deep and of 50 ft. in width. It is 

 said that the material from the excavation afforded stone for the masonry of 

 the castle which was built by Henry de Audley in 1233. A stream of water 

 passes near the foot of the castle. Heighley is now the property of the Lord 

 Crewe. The plateau is of a pear shape, and the whole work contains an area 

 of about 3i acres. 



CAVERSWALL CASTLE is situated in the parish of Caverswall and stands to 

 the north-west of the parish church. There are fragments of the lower 

 masonry still remaining of William de Caverswall's work in the time of 



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