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Location: Brenchley, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. All Saints' Church, Brenchley – Halfway House Pub loop from Brenchley

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2. View of Brenchley – Hononton Farm Orchards loop from Paddock Wood

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3. Halfway House Pub – All Saints' Church, Brenchley loop from Brenchley

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Benjamin

January 28, 2023

Although it doesn't look like much, Castle woods is a late 11th or mid 12th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, founded by Ansgot of Burwell or Ralph de la Haye. The circular flat-topped motte, stands in the north-eastern part of a roughly circular bailey enclosure. The bailey which is divided in two wards by a broad east to west ditch, is encased by a steep sided partly wet ditch, with a counterscarp bank.

On the photo, the semicircular protrusion on the bottom left corner of the wood contains the mound where the castle once stood

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Location: Brenchley, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom

Castle Woods Motte and Bailey Earthworks

1. All Saints' Church, Brenchley – Halfway House Pub loop from Brenchley

2. View of Brenchley – Hononton Farm Orchards loop from Paddock Wood

3. Halfway House Pub – All Saints' Church, Brenchley loop from Brenchley

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