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timbarber
Mar 17, 20235 min read
Castle Hill near Huddersfield – a scheduled monument with over 4000 years history
Just to the South of Huddersfield on a raised area of land near Almondsbury lies Castle Hill. Perched on top of the hill is Victoria...
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timbarber
Dec 14, 20214 min read
Sandal Castle – believed to have inspired a nursery rhyme and its link to the War of the Roses
Sitting a few miles outside Wakefield are the ruined remains of Sandal Castle. There is not much of the stonework left but the moat and...
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timbarber
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Barwick in Elmet’s Iron Age Hill Fort and Motte Bailey Castle
After visiting a friend in Barwick in Elmet, I remembered years ago he’d mentioned the remains of a motte bailey castle behind the local...
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