Denham Castle

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

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Denham Castle preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Suffolk. It is one of three motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. For more of the same, Lidgate Castle and Cheveley Castle are close by. The closest station is Kennett, 6.4 km to the north-west.

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