Built on a sandstone crag high above the Cheshire Plain, it can be seen for miles around. Built around 1225 on a much earlier Iron Age site. http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/April/beeston.shtml http://www.peckfortonhills.co.uk/public/control.php?_path=/137/165/176 http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/beeston/beeston.php http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/cheshire/castles/beeston.htm