Daw's Castle
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daw-s-castle-195-5004352
title:
Daw's Castle
text:
Daw's Castle is a sea cliff hillfort just west of Watchet, a harbour town in Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Monument. The name comes from Thomas Dawe, who owned castell field in 1537. The fort is situated on an east-west cliff about 80 metres (260 ft) above the sea, on a tapering spur of land bounded by the Washford River to the south, as it flows to the sea at Watchet, about 1 km east. The ramparts of the fort would have formed a semicircle backing on to the sheer cliffs, but coastal eros
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Hillfort in Somerset, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daw%27s_Castle
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2022-07-03T05:54:06Z
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