Eynsford Castle
The remains of the Norman Eynsford Castle can be found in Eynsford , a village in Kent .
They date to the 11th century and are among the oldest stone castles in England . Excavations have shown that there was initially a wooden tower on a hill, which was soon replaced by a stone structure. The castle is round and was once surrounded by a moat. Inside the flint wall there were once residential buildings that burned down in the 13th century but were rebuilt. The building was abandoned in the 14th century, but considerable remains are still preserved today.
According to the Domesday Book , it was owned by a certain William de Eynsford, who in turn was under the Archbishop of Canterbury .
literature
- Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties , Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0851157823 , p. 120
Web links
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Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 14.4 " N , 0 ° 12 ′ 48" E