Lavendon Castle

Lavedon Castle, Buckinghamshire - Earthworks
Photo © Nigel Stickells, 7 February 2007

The frost covered earthworks on the left are the NW boundary of an inner bailey associated with the Lavendon motte & bailey castle

Lavendon Castle stood to the north of the village of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire.

A motte or ringwork and bailey were mentioned in a pipe roll of 1192-3. The motte was destroyed in 1944 when much 12th century pottery was found. A farmhouse and garden terracing built in the 17th century have effectively destroyed the former mound and today only earthworks remain.

References

• Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980, p. 252. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

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