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Bytham Castle was a castle in the village of
Castle Bytham __NOTOC__ Castle Bytham is a village and civil parish of around 300 houses in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located north of Stamford and west of Bourne. The population was measured at 768 in 317 households at the 2011 censu ...
in
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(.) The castle is thought to be of early
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origin. The earthworks, on a hill above the village, are visible but nothing of the stonework is above ground. There is no public access to the monument. There is however a public footpath that runs alongside the castle mound and up a hill to give a reasonable view.


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*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, ''The David & Charles Book of Castles'', David & Charles, 1980. * Castles in Lincolnshire Ruins in Lincolnshire 11th-century establishments in England Bytham {{England-castle-stub