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Castlethorpe Castle stood in the village of Castlethorpe to the north of Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire.This was originally a motte and bailey castle with a timber structure built by Winemar the Flemish Lord of Hanslope in the 11th or 12th Century. It was at that time known as Hanslope Castle. The castle was destroyed in 1215 by Faulkes de Breauté during the First Barons’ War and was never rebuilt.Today only the earthworks remain.

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