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Wolverton Castle

A deserted village and motte and bailey surviving as extensive and well preserved earthworks in which features such as house platforms and roads can ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles

Weston Turville Castle

Motte and twin baileys. The works apparently consisted of a motte with surrounding ditch and a bailey to the south of the motte; of a second bailey on ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles

Princes Risborough Castle

The site of a rectangular enclosure with a moated annexe, now largely destroyed by a car park. Excavated in 1955 when various remains were uncovered, ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles

Lavendon Castle

A ringwork or motte and bailey mentioned in a pipe roll of 1192-3. The earthwork was destroyed in 1944 when much 12th century pottery was found. A ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles

Hanslope Castle

The remains of Hanslope Castle are situated in the village of Castlethorpe, it was probably constructed in the 12th century by William Maudit. There ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles

Buckingham Castle

The parish church is built in on what is thought to be a motte. A castle at this site was first mentioned in documentary sources in 1154-64 and was ...

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Bolebec Castle

Ring and bailey or motte and bailey seen as earthworks. The castle mound is scarped out of the natural slope of the spur to enclose a sub-oval area ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles

Boarstall Tower

Boarstall Tower

14th-century moated gatehouse, built by John de Haudlo and once part of a fortified manor house, set in gardens. The property, owned by the National ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Castles, National Trust

Yielden Castle

The scheduled monument includes the remains of a medieval castle mound with baileys to the north and west, and a series of banked and ditched ...

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Filed Under: Bedfordshire Tagged With: Castles

Risinghoe Castle

A 12th century motte and bailey castle. There is only documentary evidence for a bailey but the motte is about 20 feet high and looks much like a ...

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Filed Under: Bedfordshire Tagged With: Castles

Odell Castle

The mutilated earthwork remains of Odell Castle, a Motte and Bailey with a stone keep was described as a ruin in the 16th century by Leland. A new ...

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Filed Under: Bedfordshire Tagged With: Castles

Someries Castle

The upstanding and buried remains of the late medieval magnate's residence known as Someries Castle and the adjacent garden earthworks. The upstanding ...

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Filed Under: Bedfordshire Tagged With: Castles

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