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Castle Woods Motte and Bailey Earthworks
DiscoverPlaces to seeCastlesUnited KingdomEnglandSouth East EnglandKentTunbridge WellsBrenchley
Castle Woods Motte and Bailey Earthworks
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Benjamin
January 28, 2023
Hiking
Although it doesn't look like much, Castle woods is a late 11th or mid 12th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, founded by Ansgot of Burwell or Ralph de la Haye. The circular flat-topped motte, stands in the north-eastern part of a roughly circular bailey enclosure. The bailey which is divided in two wards by a broad east to west ditch, is encased by a steep sided partly wet ditch, with a counterscarp bank.
On the photo, the semicircular protrusion on the bottom left corner of the wood contains the mound where the castle once stood
On the photo, the semicircular protrusion on the bottom left corner of the wood contains the mound where the castle once stood
Benjamin
January 28, 2023
Hiking
The site of a medieval earthworks
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Elevation 60 m