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Giant’s Hill – motte castle, Rampton

History of Giant's Hill

Scheduled Monument

Investigations at Burwell have shown it to be an unfinished castle and many diagnostic features, such as irregularly shaped banks of earth and an entrance ramp, are paralleled at Rampton. Rampton, like Burwell, is thought to have been under construction during the attempt by King Stephen to contain de Mandeville’s revolt. With the death of the rebel leader the castles became obsolete. The castle is thought to have been built over the eastern end of the medieval settlement at Rampton. (Historic England)

 

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