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Berkhamstead Castle (Hertfordshire)

 
Description: Hertfordshire / England / The castle dates back to the 11th century and is an earthwork motte and bailey fortress with ... more
Berkhamstead Castle (Hertfordshire) ... a dual moat.

Newest Review: ... have made a good defence we talked to our grandson and he realized how difficult it would be to get into the castle and bash it down. There is a double moat at Berkhampstead castle. There is a little bit of water in the bottom of it We walked past a house which was the English Heritage information centre and on to the grassy courtyard of the castle. Granddaughter aged 3 said "where's ... more

 ... the castle". We showed her the last remaining stones and said these were the castle walls but they got knocked down these are the only ones left. There is enough wall left so that if you use your imagination you can get an idea of the size ...more

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Premium Review Berkhamstead Castle (Hertfordshire): "Wheres the castle" (945 words)
by - written on 17/12/08 (Very useful, 196 readings)
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My grandson loves his Playmobil castle so when they visited last week we said do you want to go for a walk in a real castle. He said yes so of we went to Berkhamstead castle about 5 miles away from my home. We explained to Adrian that he castle was a ruin that there were not many brick walls left. He seemed happy with that as we explained they had been knocked down by cannons like his Playmobil castle. Location ~~~ The castle is OS map 165 Ref: SP grid reference SP996083). Very near the Berkhampstead train station. By car we entered Berkhampstead on the A41. When we got into the centre there were signs for the castle on white hill ...  Read the complete review

 

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