Hangthwaite

Hangthwaite

Hangthwaite Castle was an earthwork motte and bailey castle stood in the 11th century [ [http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/111/hangthwaitecastle.html Hangthwaite Castle Hills Motte and Bailey Langthwaite Adwick-le-Street Doncaster South Yorkshire England English ] ] near Adwick-le-Street, a small town next to Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. In the 13th century, a fortified house called Radcliffe moat replaced Hangthwaite Castle as a local fortification [ [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/4498.html Radcliffe Moat ] ] . Nowadays, only the motte and the ditches remain.

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