Den Ham Castle

Vleuten-De Meern, Netherlands

Den Ham Castle, locally known as Kasteel Den Ham or Hamtoren was built probably in the 14th century (the lower part of tower and the great hall have survived). In the 19th century the castle was already mainly demolished. The castle has stood empty for quite some years but is now privately inhabited and can thus not be visited.

References:

Rijksmonumenten.info

Address

Hamlaan 3, Vleuten-De Meern, Netherlands

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Details

Founded: 14th century
Category: Miscellaneous historic sites in Netherlands

More Information

www.castles.nl

Rating

4.2/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Mahesh Lingolu (2 years ago)
Hamtoren 17th century build

Bert van der (3 years ago)
Nice little place, but it wasn't open.

Anja van 't Hart (3 years ago)
What a beautiful location . Immediately in love

Pramod Srikanth (3 years ago)
A dilapidated old tower which used to be a mini castle at one point in the past. The place is not open to public but you can visit around it just to see from the outside

Tim Groothuis (3 years ago)
Cool tower, sadly it's located on private property so you can't enter it.

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