page_title: Hallaton Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Hallaton Castle
caption_attribution_description: Earthworks of Hallaton Castle, which was situated to the west of the village of Hallaton, which lies some 20 km to the south-east of the city of Leicester.
context_page_description: Hallaton Castle was situated to the west of the village of Hallaton, which lies some 20 km to the south-east of the city of Leicester.
  This was an interesting motte and bailey castle with an additional rectangular enclosure now surviving as an earthwork, 118 feet high, and 630 feet in circumference, on which stood the keep, occupying, with the outworks, about 2 acres of ground.
  The earthworks only are present today.
context_section_description: Hallaton Castle was situated to the west of the village of Hallaton, which lies some 20 km to the south-east of the city of Leicester (grid reference SP780967).
  This was an interesting motte and bailey castle with an additional rectangular enclosure now surviving as an earthwork, 118 feet (36 m) high, and 630 feet (190 m) in circumference, on which stood the keep, occupying, with the outworks, about 2 acres (8,100 m²) of ground.
  The earthworks only are present today.
caption: Hallaton Castle earthworks, 2006
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