Thurnham 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 Kent. It is one of three motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. It sits within the Kent Downs National Landscape.

The nearest other motte-and-bailey castle is Sutton Valence Castle, 9.1 km to the south. The nearest railway station is Bearsted, 2.3 km to the south-west.

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