Abinger Castle

Abinger Castle

Abinger Castle was sited at Abinger Common, between Guildford and Dorking in Surrey (gbmapping|TQ114460).It was built as a motte and bailey castle around 1100cite book | last =Fry | first =Plantagenet Somerset | authorlink =Plantagenet Somerset Fry | coauthors = | title =The David & Charles Book of Castles | publisher =David & Charles | date =1980 | location =Newton Abbot | pages =176 | isbn =0-7153-7976-3 ] and founded by William fitz Ansculf.cite web |url=http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_south/187/abingermotte.html |title=Abinger Motte |accessdate=2007-11-27 |publisher=CastleUK.Net ] It was built of wood and remodelled in 1140. It had a longer life than most castles of this type, surviving until 1153. [cite book | last =Johnson | first =Paul | authorlink =Paul Johnson (writer)|Paul Johnson| title =Castles of England, Scotland and Wales |edition= | publisher =Weidenfield and Nicolson | date =1989 | location =London | pages =13 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-297-83162-3 ] It was excavated by Dr Brian Hope-Taylor in 1949 when the sites of many of the postholes were found. The mound remains.

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