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Tamworth Castle

Listed under Castles & Palaces in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Tamworth is a classic Norman castle, complete with huge ditch, shell-shaped keep and flanking tower. A number of well-preserved Tudor and Jacobean buildings are nestled within the keep, including a banqueting hall. The 13th-century gatehouse is rumoured to be haunted.

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