Motte castle at Upper Buckton

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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 Herefordshire. It is one of 29 motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide maps in the county. Bucknell Station is 2.7 km away to the west. Brampton Bryan castle and Wigmore Castle are among the castles within 4.8 km.

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