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Conisbrough Castle

conisbrough castle

Location: Yorkshire(SK 515989) Type: enclosure Date: 1174
Built by Hamelin Plantagenet. The enclosing walls are 35ft tall and 7ft thick. The great tower is cylindrical, but with six wedge-shaped buttresses, and is 95ft tall. The castle was never sieged.


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