Abinger Castle

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Abinger Castle was sited at Abinger Common, between Guildford and Dorking in Surrey (grid reference TQ114460). It was built as a motte and bailey castle around 1100[1] and founded by William fitz Ansculf.[2] It was built of wood and remodelled in 1140. It had a longer life than most castles of this type, surviving until 1153.[3] It was excavated by Dr Brian Hope-Taylor in 1949 when the sites of many of the postholes were found.[1] The mound remains.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 176. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3. 
  2. ^ a b Abinger Motte. CastleUK.Net. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
  3. ^ Johnson, Paul (1989). Castles of England, Scotland and Wales. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 13. ISBN 0-297-83162-3. 


Coordinates: 51.20236° N 0.40686° W