Totternhoe Castle

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

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Totternhoe Castle preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Bedfordshire. It is one of nine motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. For arrivals by rail, Cheddington Station is 6.8 km to the south-west.

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