Tadcaster motte

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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 North Yorkshire. The Albion Guide lists 21 motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. For more of the same, Kyme Castle and Cawood Castle are close by. The closest station is Ulleskelf, 4.8 km to the south-east.

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