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Norman castle found to have been built on top of mysterious 2,500-year-old mound | Daily Mail Online

Posted by on October 5, 2016

Published:
08:00 EST, 5 October 2016
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Updated:
09:21 EST, 5 October 2016

Rising up from the rolling Yorkshire landscape, it is an unusual hill thought to have been built by the Norman conquerors as they tried to subdue England after the Battle of Hastings.

For centuries, archaeologists believed the 42-feet high mound was the remains of a motte and bailey-style castle built in the wake of the battle in 1066.

But a new study has revealed it may in fact be a gi… (View original article)

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