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54: 38: 61: 175: 236:. It covers an area of 0.11 hectares (0.27 acres) and the bank is between 0.3 metres (1 ft 0 in) and 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) high. There may have been a 222: 396: 336: 287: 84: 249: 292: 53: 375: 391: 254: 183: 198:, England. In addition to supporting the Norman control of the local town, it was also close to the 259: 233: 199: 8: 229: 371: 332: 283: 163: 119: 366: 191: 155: 401: 211: 385: 207: 99: 86: 288:"Hales Castle: a ringwork and associated earthworks on Coles Hill (1008805)" 221:
is 120 feet (37 m) in diameter and stands on the northern slope of
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Hales Castle was built, probably in the years immediately after the
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The Norman Art of War: a Few Well-Positioned Castles.
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Somerset

Hales Castle is located in Somerset
51°11′50″N 2°17′28″W / 51.1971°N 2.291°W / 51.1971; -2.291
Motte and bailey
medieval
castle
Frome
Mendip
Somerset
ancient monument

Norman conquest of England
Frome
Mendip
Somerset
River Frome
Roman road
Poole Harbour
Bath
ringwork
Roddenbury Hill
Iron Age
Roddenbury Hillfort
bailey
drawbridge
Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
List of castles in England
Gatehouse

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