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ryaner
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Re: Skipsea
Jan 31, 2008, 23:13
Penske666 wrote:
I'm guessing the Normans built on top of existing mounds to save time building mottes (me mum's idea not mine - but I agree)


I'm sure your mum's right. Some of the mottes I've seen here in Ireland, particularly one below the Slieve na Calliagh hills, have that air of the pre-historic about them.

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