MIDDLEHAM CASTLE

The keep was erected in 1170 by the site of an earlier motte & bailey castle of which the motte can still be seen. It was slighted during the Civil War but much remains of the 12th and 13th century walls and the large keep.

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Photo Steve Holland
Directions
A6108, 1 mile south of the Leyburn on the A684.