Edburton Castle Ring
| Edburton Castle Ring | |
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| File:Castle Ring, Edburton Hill (1) (geograph 5861621).jpg The ditch on the north-eastern side of the bailey | |
| Type | Motte-and-bailey castle |
| Location | West Sussex |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| OS grid reference | TQ 238 110 |
| Designated | 26 June 1953 |
| Reference no. | 1012171 |
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Edburton Castle Ring (or Castle Rings) is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England, on the peak of Edburton Hill on the South Downs, near the villages of Edburton and Fulking. It is a Scheduled Monument.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]It is a motte-and-bailey castle, thought to have been built soon after the arrival of the Normans in 1066.[1][2]
The castle survives as earthworks. The motte is a mound of diameter 30 metres (98 ft) and height 2 metres (6 ft 7 in), surrounded by a ditch of width about 6 metres (20 ft). There is a depression in the centre of the motte where there was 19th-century excavation, the monument being mistaken for a barrow. Adjoining the motte to the north is the bailey; the bank enclosing the bailey is up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) above the interior and up to 14 metres (46 ft) across, with an external ditch of width about 6 metres (20 ft).[1]
References
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- ^ 'Parishes: Fulking', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 202-204 British History Online. Retrieved 27 June 2020.