The Mount motte and bailey

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

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The Mount motte and bailey preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Suffolk. The Albion Guide charts three motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. For more of the same, Mettingham Castle and Bungay Castle are close by. The nearest railway station is Beccles, 6.2 km to the east.

Full name: Motte and bailey castle known as The Mount

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