Castles and forts in Wakefield
The Discover Alone map has 4 castles and forts in Wakefield, England. Below are the 4 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Pontefract CastleCastlePontefract Castle was the last royalist stronghold to fall during the English Civil War, holding out through three…
Lowe Hill motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentLowe Hill is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Wakefield, built during the eleventh or twelfth century to project…- Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castleScheduled monumentSandal Castle rose near Wakefield as a Norman motte and bailey, later crowned by a stone shell keep that still defines…
- Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castleScheduled monumentPontefract Castle layers a late Saxon cemetery and town ditch beneath a Norman motte and bailey, then a medieval…