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Caynham Castle

An earthwork and fortification located in Caynham, a village in Shropshire, England. While it is often referred to as a castle, it is actually an Iron Age hillfort. According to the medieval History of Fulk Fitzwarin, it was built by Kay.

The hillfort has undergone archaeological investigations, revealing evidence of human occupation from the Iron Age through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages.