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Kingsley Castle, also known as Castle Cob, a medieval motte-and-bailey near Kingsley, Cheshire, England. () It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The motte is a cone shaped mound, high; it has a diameter of at the base and tapers to at the top. It is artificial and made from black soil.
Historians used to think that the motte was a large tumulus. 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 .
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