Totternhoe Castle

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Earthworks of Totternhoe Castle

Totternhoe Castle is an abandoned castle in the village of Totternhoe in the English county of Bedfordshire . Only earthworks have survived to this day. They are considered a Scheduled Monument and part of the Totternhoe Knolls , a Site of Special Scientific Interest .

Details

Totternhoe Castle is above the village of Totternhoe near the town of Dunstable . The moth was built in Norman times, probably during the Anarchy Civil War . It had two bailey instead of the usual one. A wide moat protected three sides of the castle, the fourth was secured by the edge of the chalk hill on which it stands.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Totternhoe Knolls / Swineshead Wood . Natural England. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Map of Totternhoe Knolls . Natural England. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Totternhoe Castle: a motte and bailey castle, medieval quarries and cultivation terraces . Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ^ A b Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: a Guide by Counties . Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2002. ISBN 978-0-85115-782-5 . S. 4 online Retrieved on October 25, 2016th
  5. ^ Plantagenet Somerset Fry: Castles . David and Charles, London 2008. ISBN 978-0-7153-2692-3 . P. 91.

Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 20 "  N , 0 ° 34 ′ 49.1"  W.