Mexborough Castle Hill
📍 MexboroughSouth Yorkshire
Grassy earthworks of an 11th century motte and bailey castle inside Mexborough's Castle Park
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Free access in a public park
About
The mounds in Castle Park are thought to be a motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest. Nothing of the timber castle survives, but you can still trace the earthworks and climb for a view over the Don valley. It sits within a public park off Doncaster Road.
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