Berkhamsted motte

Open to visitorsan English Heritage site — check opening times and admission before you go

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 Hertfordshire. The Albion Guide charts eleven motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. The surrounding countryside is part of the Chilterns National Landscape. The nearest railway station, Berkhamsted, is under a kilometre away.

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