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Castercliff

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Castercliff is a castle in Pendle, England. Perhaps the cliff still holds the shape of a room never built. Maybe the wind carries voices that refuse to leave the edge. Imagine standing at the top while the land drops away below.
Castercliff is shown as a castle on the public map of Pendle. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Castercliff was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle built in the 12th century, likely by a local lord under the authority of the Earl of Chester. It is remembered for its strategic position in the Pendle area and its association with the broader Norman settlement of northern England.

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