Tower Hill motte (Lincolnshire)

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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 Lincolnshire. It is one of six motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. The nearest other motte-and-bailey castle is Castle Bytham Castle, 9.3 km to the south-east. The closest station is Grantham, 12.5 km to the north.

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