Photo: Iain Simpson / Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 2.0 , resized
Fotheringhay Castle, in Northamptonshire, England, was a High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle. Richard III, who later became England’s King, was born there in 1452. Mary, Queen of Scots was executed there in 1587.
However, the castle is now a ruin, having been dismantled in the 1630s. The site is protected as a Scheduled Monument and is open to the public.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
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The Decorated Wooden Ceiling of the Nave Peterborough · 14 km Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Martinsthorpe: A Deserted Medieval Village on a Limestone Ridge 23 km Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The house where German scientists were eavesdropped on West Street 24, Huntingdon · 29 km Photo: National Archives, http://www.nara.gov, Public domain 
The only publicly funded statue of Oliver Cromwell in England 33 km Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The metal black cat sculpture of the Bedfordshire roundabout 39 km Photo: Ajay Tegala, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The Norman Round Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Northampton Church Lane, Northampton · 44 km Photo: StJaBe, CC BY 3.0 
The Norman church with Romanesque sculpture of the disgorging head Marefair, Northampton · 45 km Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0 
The monument that survived a fake demolition 49 km Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0 
The monumental scale and octagonal tower of Ely Cathedral The College ('Oister Lane), Ely · 49 km Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0 
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