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Watch Hill Castle

Watch Hill Castle
Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Watch Hill Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey on the boundary of Bowdon and Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is a scheduled monument. The castle stands north of the River Bollin and south of a deep ravine (grid reference SJ74798598).

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