Aldford motte

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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A motte-and-bailey castle once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Cheshire. It is one of five motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. For more of the same, Holt Castle and Chester Castle are close by. Chester Station is 7.5 km away to the north.

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