Moot

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

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Moot preserves the earthworks of a former ringwork castle in Wiltshire. The Albion Guide charts two ringwork castles in the county; this is one of them. The nearest other ringwork castle is Studley Castle, 6.7 km to the south-east. Dean Station is 9.5 km away to the north-east.

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