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Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm

England
List entry 1009542
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009542
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.3 hectares
Grid reference
SP 91684 54341
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lavendon Castle is a motte and bailey castle situated at Castle Farm near Lavendon in Buckinghamshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial mound with associated bailey enclosures, representing a typical example of Norman fortification dating from the eleventh or twelfth century. The earthwork defences would have originally supported timber or stone structures commanding the local landscape. This site remains an important archaeological record of medieval military architecture and settlement pattern in the region.

Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009542. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm?

Lavendon Castle is a motte and bailey castle situated at Castle Farm near Lavendon in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009542.

Who is responsible for protecting Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm?

Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009542.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of St Martin's Chapel, Ekeney; 680m south east of Petsoe Manor Farm (5.6 km), Moated site 410m south east of Maukins (6.7 km), Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave, immediately west of Rectory Farm (7.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Site of St Martin's Chapel, Ekeney; 680m south east of Petsoe Manor Farm
5.6 km
Moated site 410m south east of Maukins
6.7 km
Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave, immediately west of Rectory Farm
7.1 km
Bowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford Road
8.3 km
Moated site and fishponds 200m north-west of Up End
8.4 km
Group of ring ditches and enclosures at Tyringham
8.4 km
Moated site known as Caves Manor immediately east of the Manor House
8.5 km
Moated site at Old Moat Farm
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm

Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Lavendon Castle: a motte and bailey and associated enclosures at Castle Farm

IrchesterRoman town · ~7.6 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~14.3 milesWhilton LodgeRoman town · ~20 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~22.7 milesBattle of Northampton (1460)Battle (1460) · ~10 milesBattle of Naseby 1645Battle (1645) · ~21.3 miles
Domesday entry for Lavendon, Buckinghamshire →
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