What is recorded here
Gothic Sham Castle appears as ruins in South Kesteven, yet no true castle ever rose there. The name itself admits the joke: a sham is a deliberate fake, not a forgotten fact. Perhaps someone built a pretending house for laughter or pride, then vanished. What remains is not stone but mischief, waiting for people stupid enough to believe it.
Gothic Sham Castle is shown as a ruins on the public map of South Kesteven. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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