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  • Watch Hill Castle
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  • Watch Hill Castle (also known as Yarwood Castle, Castle Hill, and Bowdon Watch) is an early medieval motte-and-bailey on the border of Bowdon and Dunham Massey, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. As the only Scheduled Ancient Monument in Trafford, it is arguably the most important archaeological site in the borough. The castle is located north of the River Bollin and south of a deep ravine ().
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location town
  • Bowdon, Greater Manchester
location country
  • England
Client
  • Hamon de Massey
Name
  • Watch Hill Castle
Completion date
  • Probably 12th century
Latitude
  • 53.369862
Style
  • Motte-and-bailey castle
map type
  • Greater Manchester
Longitude
  • -2.378858
abstract
  • Watch Hill Castle (also known as Yarwood Castle, Castle Hill, and Bowdon Watch) is an early medieval motte-and-bailey on the border of Bowdon and Dunham Massey, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. As the only Scheduled Ancient Monument in Trafford, it is arguably the most important archaeological site in the borough. The castle is located north of the River Bollin and south of a deep ravine ().