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Hallaton Castle

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castle with an additional rectangular enclosure now surviving as an earthwork, 118 feet (36 m) high, and 630 feet (190 m) in circumference, on which stood the
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Hallaton
Leicester
grid reference
SP780967
Geoffrey Alselin
Domesday Book
motte and bailey
keep
outworks
ISBN
0-7153-7976-3
52°33′45″N 0°51′03″W / 52.56255°N 0.85078°W / 52.56255; -0.85078
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Castles in Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle

Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Kirby Muxloe Castle
Leicester Castle
Gilmorton Motte
Groby Castle
Gumley Castle
Hallaton Castle
Hinckley Castle
Ingarsby Monks Grave
Kibworth Harcourt Castle
Mountsorrel Castle

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