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Castle Neroche
Near Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset, England
Eastern earthworks at Castle Neroche
Castle Neroche is located in Somerset
Castle Neroche
Castle Neroche
Coordinates50°56′13″N 3°02′15″W / 50.9370°N 3.0374°W / 50.9370; -3.0374
Grid referencegrid reference ST272158
TypeMotte and bailey on Bronze Age site

Castle Neroche is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle on the site of an earlier hill fort in the parish of Curland, near Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1]

  1. ^ "Castle Neroche". National Monument Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

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