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Sheriff Hutton Castle

Sheriff Hutton Castle is an irregular quadrangular stone castle in the village of Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, built in the late 14th century and long associated with the Neville family and the Crown. Tall fragments of its rectangular corner towers and its gatehouse survive today as ruins; the ranges and curtain walls between them have largely gone.

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First raised

1382

Its prime

1484

Today

Ruin

As it stood in 1484

The shape it held in its prime.

An irregular quadrangular plan with four massive rectangular corner towers linked by ranges of buildings around an inner courtyard; the northern and western sides are straight while the south and east have obtuse outward-pointing angles. The entrance is in the east wall, defended by a gatehouse. Built of rubble mudstone dressed with sandstone, the castle would have had stepped parapets forming small turrets on the tower tops and continuous curtain walls enclosing the yard.

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8 places to explore in 1484.

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Approach from the south slopeEast gatehouse (exterior)Gatehouse passage (interior)Inner courtyardSouthwest tower (interior level)South range (external and internal)Northwest corner tower parapetMotte-and-bailey remains (separate south site)

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