Abinger Castle

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Moth from Abinger Castle

Abinger Castle is a moth in the area of Abinger Common between Guildford and Dorking in the English county of Surrey . All that remains of the castle today is the castle hill, on which a small wooden moth was created in the 12th century. The location was convenient because from there you have a 180 ° panorama and overlook two streets that meet at the nearby church. They lead down from Leith Hill on the West Sussex border .

history

Abinger Castle had William FitzAnsculf built as a moth around 1100. It was built of wood and rebuilt in 1140. It lasted longer than other castles of this type. The castle was not destroyed until 1153.

Surroundings

Mansion

Also at the beginning of the slope, west of the scattered settlement , is a manor house just 20 meters from the castle hill. This mansion was transferred in 1688 by the large landowner from southern Surrey and writer John Evelyn to the manor already mentioned in the Domesday Book and rebuilt from 1872 to 1873, using some old building materials. The architect was Alfred Waterhouse and English Heritage has listed the mansion as a Grade II Historic Building.

church

St James Church, about 100 meters east of Castle Hill, is about a quarter the size and, according to Victoria County History , like the castle, also dates back to the 12th century, but the oldest parts still preserved today are new from around 1220 built the chancel and the north chapel from the same period. The church was bombed during World War II and restored by Frederick Etchells in 1950 . It is a historical building II *. Grade listed.

Mesolithic site

This site is much smaller than the castle hill and consists of the scarce remains of a Mesolithic habitation. It is also located on the western slope of Abinger Common , west of the manor house. It is considered a Scheduled Monument .

Investigations and Remains

The Dr. Brian Hope-Taylor 's excavation carried out in 1949 found the location of many post holes . The central castle mound (Motte) is believed to have remained as high as it once was and is now a Scheduled Monument.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Abinger Motte . CastleUK.Net. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Motte Castle at Abinger Manor . Historic England. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Plantagenet Somerset Fry: The David & Charles Book of Castles . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3 . P. 176.
  4. ^ Paul Johnson: Castles of England, Scotland and Wales . Weidenfield and Nicolson. London 1989. ISBN 0-297-83162-3 . P. 13.
  5. ↑ Abinger Manor . Historic England. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  6. ^ Church of St James . Historic England. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  7. ^ Mesolithic Site W of Abinger Manor . Historic England. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 8.5 ″  N , 0 ° 24 ′ 24.7 ″  W.