Aldford Castle

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Earthworks of Aldford Castle
Earthworks of Aldford Castle

Aldford Castle is in the village of Aldford in Cheshire to the north of the church (grid reference SJ419596).

It was founded by Richard de Aldford as a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century. Some fragments of the stonework around the bailey and significant earthworks survive. It overlooked a ford across the River Dee.[1][2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 176. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3. 
  2. ^ Aldford Castle. CastleUK. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.

Coordinates: 53.13038° N 2.86979° W

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