Ongar Castle
Ongar Castle is a ruined castle in the Chipping Ongar market , about 10 km east of Epping , 11 km southeast of Harlow and 11 km northwest of Brentwood in the English county of Essex .
Origin of name
Castle and market contain the name part "Ongar", which has the same trunk as the German "Anger" and "Grasland" means.
Details
Ongar Castle is a good example of a moth from the late 11th or early 12th century. The mound has a diameter of 70 meters at the base and is surrounded by a 15 meter wide trench. To the west of this is a kidney-shaped courtyard and another on the east side of the mound. The remains of the market enclosure wall extend west from there.
The castle could have been built at the behest of Eustach II , Count of Boulogne , who received Ongar as the manor in 1086. King Henry II paid a visit there in 1157 when it was in the hands of Richard de Luci . A stone donjon was built on the mound, but demolished again in the 16th century and replaced by a brick building, which in turn was demolished again in the 18th century. The mound is now covered with trees and is privately owned. However, it can be seen from a publicly accessible footpath that starts at the end of the High Street .
Individual evidence
- ^ WR Powell (editor): A History of the County of Essex. Volume 4: Ongar Hundred "1956, pp. 155-158 - Chipping Ongar . British-history.ac.uk. 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ A History of the County of Essex . Volume 4. Ongar Hundred . 1956. pp. 159-162.
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- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England . Chapter: Essex . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1965.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 16.2 " N , 0 ° 14 ′ 52.8" E