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    Sandal Castle –  believed to have inspired a nursery rhyme and its link to the War of the Roses
    timbarber
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    Sandal Castle – believed to have inspired a nursery rhyme and its link to the War of the Roses

    Sitting a few miles outside Wakefield are the ruined remains of Sandal Castle. There is not much of the stonework left but the moat and...
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    Barwick in Elmet’s Iron Age Hill Fort and Motte Bailey Castle
    timbarber
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Barwick in Elmet’s Iron Age Hill Fort and Motte Bailey Castle

    After visiting a friend in Barwick in Elmet, I remembered years ago he’d mentioned the remains of a motte bailey castle behind the local...
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    I'm Tim Barber and since 2015 I have been running Real Yorkshire Tours - offering chauffeur guided small group tours for visitors to Yorkshire..

     

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