Giant's Hill motte

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

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Giant's Hill motte preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in East Riding of Yorkshire. It is one of five motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. York Station is 11.8 km away to the west. The nearest other motte-and-bailey castle is Clifford's Tower, York, 10.9 km to the west.

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