Shotwick Castle

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Shotwick Castle existed near to the village of Saughall, Cheshire, grid reference SJ350704.

It was a motte castle enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries into a hexagonal enclosure of stone walls with a tower inside it. It controlled a ford across the River Dee. There is little left of the castle today, other than a few earthworks.

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  • Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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Coordinates: 53.22665° N 2.97510° W

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