Broadward Hall motte

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

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Broadward Hall motte preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Shropshire. The Albion Guide lists 40 motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. For more of the same, Hopton Castle and Brampton Bryan castle are close by. Hopton Heath Station is 1.6 km away to the north-west.

Full name: Motte castle 510m east of Broadward Hall

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