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Shaw Castle

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Shaw Castle is a castle in Calderdale, England. Perhaps its walls still hold the shape of hands that built them, though no name remains to credit the work. Maybe the stones remember more than people do, waiting for someone patient enough to listen.
Shaw Castle is shown as a castle on the public map of Calderdale. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Shaw Castle was built by the de Lacy family in the 12th or 13th century and later held by the de Clifford family. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the historic landscape of northern England, reflecting the region's medieval military and feudal history.

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