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motte-and-bailey castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

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motte-and-bailey castle, United Kingdom, 

• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Google entry^@
• Tripadvisor page^@

Location: 54.96281, -3.8521137, ///cups.umbrella.unlisted, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Historic Environment Scotland entry@				Wikidata
link	Historic Environment Scotland entry@				Wikidata
link	Google Maps entry@				Wikidata
link	Google entry@				Wikidata
link	Tripadvisor page@				Wikidata
base	RAF Dumfries	1940	Royal Air Force station		Wikidata
bunker	Dumfries and Galloway Council Emergency Headquarters		Dumfries and Galloway Council, civil defense center		Wikidata
castle	Auchen Castle Hotel		castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Barscobe Castle		tower house, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Buittle Castle		archaeological site, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Caerlaverock Castle	1300	archaeological site, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Drumlanrig Castle		country house, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Kenmure Castle		castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Mote of Urr		motte-and-bailey castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Orchardton Tower		castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Sanquhar Castle		castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	Threave Castle	1369	tower house, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	John Paul Jones Cottage Museum	1993	independent museum, military museum, museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	Bridge over the Urr - geograph.org.uk - 907279	2008			Wikimedia
image	Mote of Urr, Galloway	2009			Wikimedia
image	Mote of Urr - geograph.org.uk - 729585	2008			Wikimedia
image	Mote of Urr	2012			Wikimedia
image	Motte of Urr - G108237	2011			Wikimedia
image	Ramparts at Motte of Urr - geograph.org.uk - 1421247	2009			Wikimedia
image	You have been warned - geograph.org.uk - 1421239	2009			Wikimedia