Motte and bailey castle on Money Hill

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

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Motte and bailey castle on Money Hill preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Northumberland. The Albion Guide charts four motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. Other castles nearby include Simonburn Castle and Bastle and round cairn at Hole Farm. Hexham Station is 11.8 km away to the south.

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