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Alton Castle is a Gothic-revival castle located on a hill above the Churnet Valley in the village of Alton Staffordshire. The site has been fortified since Saxon times with the original castle dating from the 12th-century. The current castle was constructed in the mid-19th-century by John Talbot 16th Earl of Shrewsbury of near by Alton Towers. Since 1967 the castle has been designated a Grade I listed building. It is also a scheduled ancient monument.
