Burley Castle
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Burley Castle was to the north of the village of Burley
, two miles north-east of Oakham
in the county of Rutland
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There is evidence of a motte and bailey castle of the late 11th or early 12th century. Only earthworks remain.
Burley, Rutland
Burley, or Burley-on-the-Hill, is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located two miles north-east of Oakham....
, two miles north-east of Oakham
Oakham
-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...
in the county of Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
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There is evidence of a motte and bailey castle of the late 11th or early 12th century. Only earthworks remain.