Newnham Castle

Newnham Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Newnham in the English county of Kent .

history

Newnham Castle was a Norman castle probably built by Fulk de Newnham in the mid-12th century during the Civil War of Anarchy . The castle was on a ledge north of the village and was a moth . It had a donjon about 6.2 meters by 6.1 meters and 1.8 meters thick walls with unusually rounded corners. A mound was raised against the donjon , similar to that at Farnham Castle .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Paula Jardine-Rose: Newnham Castle - Excavations - Kent - Interim Report in The Castle Studies Group Journal . Issue 26 (2012). P. 198.
^ Paula Jardine-Rose: Newnham Castle - Excavations - Kent - Interim Report in The Castle Studies Group Journal . Issue 26 (2012). Pp. 196-197.

Web links

Nevern Castle - Interim Report 2012 - Summer . www.dur.ac.uk.

51.28633 0.80147Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '10.8 " N , 0 ° 48' 5.3" E

[JardineRose198-1] A ^b ^c Paula Jardine-Rose: Newnham Castle - Excavations - Kent - Interim Report in The Castle Studies Group Journal . Issue 26 (2012). P. 198.

[JardineRose196197-2] Paula Jardine-Rose: Newnham Castle - Excavations - Kent - Interim Report in The Castle Studies Group Journal . Issue 26 (2012). Pp. 196-197.