OSM location of Scarborough Castle
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fort, tower (deprecated)
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- Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453) (confident)
- Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)
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Now ruined, the edifice of Scarborough Castle began as a twelfth century wooden fortress. The site of the castle, however, was in use in the Iron Age when a hillfort was located on the site and again during the Roman period.