Belsar's Hill ringwork

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

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A ringwork castle once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Cambridgeshire. It is one of four ringwork castles the Albion Guide maps in the county. The nearest railway station is Waterbeach, 9.3 km to the south-east. The nearest other ringwork castle is Castle Hill earthworks, 6.4 km to the west.

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