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Mountfitchet Castle

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Mountfitchet Castle
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Mountfitchet Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Uttlesford, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them. Maybe it watched the land as a quiet guard. Imagine it standing firm while the world changed around it.
A named place photographed at this map point in Uttlesford.
Built by William de Fitchet in the 11th or 12th century, Mountfitchet Castle was an important Norman stronghold in Essex. It is remembered for its unique motte-and-bailey design and its role in the region's medieval military and administrative history.

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Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0