Lavendon Castle

Lavendon Castle

Lavendon Castle stood to the north of the village of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire.coord|52|10|47.7|N|0|39|31.8|W|display=title.

A motte or ringwork and bailey were mentioned in a pipe roll of 1192-3. The motte was destroyed in 1944 when much 12th century pottery was found. A farmhouse and garden terracing built in the 17th century have effectively destroyed the former mound and today only earthworks remain.

References

*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, "The David & Charles Book of Castles", David & Charles, 1980, p. 252. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
* [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/1921.html Lavendon Castle]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/339263 Photograph of earthworks]


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