- Ascot d'Oilly Castle
Ascot d'Oilly Castle is situated north of the village of
Ascott-under-Wychwood ,Oxfordshire (gbmapping|SP304191). It is ascheduled ancient monument . A fragment of the castle remains and is a Grade IIlisted building . [cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=251722 |title=Images of England: Fragment of castle |accessdate=2007-12-02 |publisher=English Heritage ]It is thought that the castle was built around 1129 and it was demolished soon after 1175. There are fragmentary remains of a stone tower. It was excavated by Jope and Threlfall in 1959 when 12th century pottery was discovered.cite web |url=http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/amps/oha/SitePages/ascot-doilly.html |title=Ascot d'Oilly Castle |accessdate=2007-12-02 |publisher=University of Oxford ] The remains consist of raised ground surrounded by broad ditching. Only traces of the tower remain and they suggest that it was about convert|35|ft|m|0 square with walls convert|8|ft|m|0 thick. [cite book | last =Fry | first =Plantagenet Somerset | authorlink =Plantagenet Somerset Fry | coauthors = | title =The David & Charles Book of Castles |edition= | publisher =David & Charles | date =1980 | location =Newton Abbot | pages =180 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-7153-7976-3 ]
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