Hangthwaite
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Hangthwaite Castle was an earthwork motte and bailey castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 that stood in the 11th century near Adwick-le-Street, a small town near Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...

, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

, England
England
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. In the 13th century, a fortified house called Radcliffe Moat (53.5554°N 1.1639°W) replaced Hangthwaite Castle as a local fortification. Nowadays, only the motte and the ditches remain.
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