Down End Castle

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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 Somerset. The Albion Guide maps ten motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. Bridgwater Station is 4.4 km away to the south. Other castles nearby include Cynwit Castle, Stogursey Castle and Burrow Mump.

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