Round Hill castle mound and bailey

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

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Round Hill castle mound and bailey preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in County Durham. It is one of three motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. The nearest other motte-and-bailey castle is Castle Hill (County Durham), 3.9 km to the south-east. Yarm Station is 2.1 km away to the south-west.

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