Ascott Earl Castle

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Remains of the moth in the background

Ascott Earl Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Ascott Earl in the English county of Oxfordshire .

Details

Ascott Earl Castle originated as a moth . The castle was very close to Ascot d'Oilly Castle at the other end of the same village. Ascott Earl Castle overlooks earlier Iron Age fortifications . Its mound is 56 meters wide and 3.5 meters high. The surrounding enclosure is crescent-shaped, around 70 meters by 30 meters.

Today the castle ruins are a Scheduled Monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ascott Earl . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Oliver Hamilton Creighton: Castles and Landscapes: Power, Community and Fortification in Medieval England . Equinox, London 2005. ISBN 978-1-904768-67-8 . P. 58.

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 48.2 "  N , 1 ° 34 ′ 12.4"  W.