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Hartington Middle Quarter

Pilsbury Castle Earthworks

Hartington Middle Quarter

Pilsbury Castle Earthworks

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Pilsbury Castle Earthworks

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Peak District National Park

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Location: Hartington Middle Quarter, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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Breeze

October 24, 2021

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Limestone craggy outcrop used strategically to create a rampart for an ancient settlement and motte and bailey castle.

Damian

June 26, 2022

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Really cool, you can still make out the structures that once surrounded the castle.

Jane Sherwin

March 30, 2024

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Pilsbury Castle was a Norman Timber settlement, moat and Bailey Castle overlooking the River Dove.

The limestone craggy outcrop was strategically used to create a rampart for the ancient settlement

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