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Radio Humberside,25 Sep 2025,11 mins

Bransholme Castle: A fortress born of civil war

Hidden East Yorkshire

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This is the story of survival, ambition, and a forgotten stronghold that may have lasted longer than history remembers. Fearing attack, Sayer of Sutton, constructs a lonely fortress in the marshes. Neil Chadwick from the Hull History Centre takes up the story. Image: Bransholme Castle recreation, Benedict Dyson, York Archaeology, University of York.

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