Penwortham Castle
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title:
Penwortham Castle
text:
Penwortham Castle was built on the south bank of the River Ribble, at Penwortham to the west of Preston, Lancashire, England, at grid reference SD524291. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, although only the mound remains. It was built shortly after the Norman conquest as a motte castle by Roger of Poitou. It served to guard the estuary of the river and a ford crossing it. It was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as having attached to it: six burgesses, three 'radmen', eight villeins a
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wiki
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Castle in the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penwortham_Castle
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2022-04-20T03:40:45Z
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