Kingsley Castle

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Kingsley Castle, also known as Castle Cob, a medieval motte near Kingsley, Cheshire, England. (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1][2][3] The motte is a cone shaped mound, Script error: No such module "convert". high; it has a diameter of Script error: No such module "convert". at the base and tapers to Script error: No such module "convert". at the top. It is artificial and made from black soil.[1]

Historians used to think that the motte was a large barrow. The stone steps and concrete foundations of a summerhouse not contemporary with the castle are excluded from the protection of the scheduling. There have been limited excavations on the site by antiquarians.[1]

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