Cropton Hall Garth

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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 North Yorkshire. It is one of 21 motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. It sits inside the North York Moors National Park.

The nearest other motte-and-bailey castle is Pickering Castle, 6.5 km to the south-east. For arrivals by rail, Glaisdale Station is 16.5 km to the north.

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