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Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle

A Scheduled Monument in Pontefract North, Wakefield

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6955 / 53°41'43"N

Longitude: -1.3039 / 1°18'14"W

OS Eastings: 446057.643873

OS Northings: 422337.441692

OS Grid: SE460223

Mapcode National: GBR MTBQ.H0

Mapcode Global: WHDC6.YC8V

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle

Scheduled Date: 3 April 1957

Last Amended: 13 July 1992

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1010127

English Heritage Legacy ID: 13298

County: Wakefield

Electoral Ward/Division: Pontefract North

Built-Up Area: Pontefract

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Pontefract All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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