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Wallingford Castle Motte and Ruins
DiscoverPlaces to seeNatural MonumentsUnited KingdomEnglandSouth East EnglandOxfordshireSouth OxfordshireWallingford
Wallingford Castle Motte and Ruins
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Rombea
May 19, 2022
Hiking
A small nature reserve containing the ruins of one of Britain's most important castles, open to the public.
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Edvard
December 14, 2018
Hiking
D'Oilly's castle followed the traditional Norman motte and bailey design, with a high conical mound topped by a timber keep, set within a bailey, or enclosure, which housed secondary buildings protected by a perimeter palisade. The new castle incorporated parts of the Saxon town walls.
Castle Meadows is open at any time and allows access to the earthworks and to the castle motte itself. When we visited the motte was closed due to safety concerns with erosion on the sloping hillside. It still makes quite an impressive sight, however, even if you can't climb to the top.
britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/castles/wallingford.htm
Castle Meadows is open at any time and allows access to the earthworks and to the castle motte itself. When we visited the motte was closed due to safety concerns with erosion on the sloping hillside. It still makes quite an impressive sight, however, even if you can't climb to the top.
britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/castles/wallingford.htm
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Location: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom