Photo of Sulgrave Castle Hill, the earthworks of a former castle in Northamptonshire, central England. — © Jonathan Thacker / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sulgrave Castle Hill

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

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Sulgrave Castle Hill preserves the earthworks of a former castle in Northamptonshire. It is one of eleven castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. The nearest railway station is Banbury, 10.6 km to the south-west. For more of the same, Astwell Castle and Castle Dykes motte are close by.

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