Monument record TQ 56 NW 11 - Eynsford Castle

Summary

A pre-Conquest stone structure, probably part of an 11th century residence has been revealed by excavation within the enclosure. At the time of Domesday the castle was held of the archbishop of Canterbury by Ralph son of Unspac. The lower stage of the existing stone curtain wall was built c.1100 by Ralph's son William de Eynsford I. An early 12th century hall and solar was built on the north-east half and the curtain wall was heightened. The hall was re-constructed after a fire in the mid-13th century but the castle was not inhabited for long. The castle was dismantled in 1312.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 5416 6581 (145m by 146m) FCE
Map sheet TQ56NW
County KENT
Civil Parish EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Volume 1 pp 156-157, 1957, Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology (OS Card Reference). SKE53726.

Volume 6-7 pp 322, 1962, Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology (OS Card Reference). SKE53727.

Volume 9 pp 190, 1965, Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology (OS Card Reference). SKE53728.

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Eynsford Castle 1963 (S E Rigold) (OS Card Reference). SKE41711.

<3> F1 CFW 19-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42653.

<4> Castellarium Anlicanum 1983 I 231 (D J Cathcart King) (OS Card Reference). SKE38615.

<5> Arch Cant 86 1971 109-171 (S E Rigold) (OS Card Reference). SKE35836.

<6> Arch Cant 88 1973 87-115 (S E Rigold and A J Fleming) (OS Card Reference). SKE35963.

<7> The Buildings of England W Kent and the Weald 1980 280 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50218.

<8> Md Arch 1 1957 156-7 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46568.

<9> Md Arch 6-7 1962-3 322 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46644.

<10> Md Arch 9 1965 190 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46646.

<11> Md Arch 19 1967 285 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46588.

<12> Timber bridges (S E Rigold) (OS Card Reference). SKE50567.

<13> Norman Dom Architect 1974 36 (M Wood) (OS Card Reference). SKE47676.

<14> Md Brit from the Air 1984 16 (C Platt) (OS Card Reference). SKE46659.

<15> Archaeologia 27 1838 391-397 plans (E Gresy) (OS Card Reference). SKE37307.

<16> The Castles of Gt Britain 1953 155-6 (S Toy) (OS Card Reference). SKE50262.

<17> Hist of Kent 1 1778 306-7 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43930.

<18> The Castles of England 1897 21 (J Mackenzie) (OS Card Reference). SKE50256.

<19> Some Kentish Castles 1907 36-40 (Harold Sands in P H Ditchfield and G Clinch) (OS Card Reference). SKE49507.

<20> Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 11 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2905.

<21> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<22> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2156.

<23> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2159.

<24> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2150.

<25> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2162.

<26> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2161.

<27> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2149.

<28> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2168.

<29> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2160.

<30> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2157.

<31> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2169.

<32> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2163.

<33> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2160.

<34> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2161.

<35> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2154.

<36> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2145.

<37> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2152.

<38> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2151.

<39> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2156.

<40> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2155.

<41> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2164.

<42> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2143.

<43> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2170.

<44> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2144.

<45> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2158.

<46> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2154.

<47> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2148.

<48> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2167.

<49> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2165.

<50> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2142.

<51> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2144.

<52> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2152.

<53> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2146.

<54> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2153.

<55> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2145.

<56> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2147.

<57> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2166.

<58> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2159.

<59> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2151.

<60> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2162.

<61> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2165.

<62> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2157.

<63> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2164.

<64> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2153.

<65> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2166.

<66> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2167.

<67> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2168.

<68> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2169.

<69> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2170.

<70> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2158.

<71> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2163.

<72> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2150.

<73> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2142.

<74> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2146.

<75> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2147.

<76> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2148.

<77> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2149.

<78> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2155.

<79> UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE (Photograph). SKE2143.

Sources/Archives (82)

  • --- OS Card Reference: Volume 1 pp 156-157. 1957. Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.
  • --- OS Card Reference: Volume 6-7 pp 322. 1962. Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.
  • --- OS Card Reference: Volume 9 pp 190. 1965. Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.
  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. [Mapped feature: #772 ruined building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Eynsford Castle 1963 (S E Rigold).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 19-SEP-64.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Castellarium Anlicanum 1983 I 231 (D J Cathcart King).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 86 1971 109-171 (S E Rigold).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 88 1973 87-115 (S E Rigold and A J Fleming).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: The Buildings of England W Kent and the Weald 1980 280 (J Newman).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Md Arch 1 1957 156-7 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst).
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Md Arch 6-7 1962-3 322 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst).
  • <10> OS Card Reference: Md Arch 9 1965 190 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst).
  • <11> OS Card Reference: Md Arch 19 1967 285 (D M Wilson and J G Hurst).
  • <12> OS Card Reference: Timber bridges (S E Rigold).
  • <13> OS Card Reference: Norman Dom Architect 1974 36 (M Wood).
  • <14> OS Card Reference: Md Brit from the Air 1984 16 (C Platt).
  • <15> OS Card Reference: Archaeologia 27 1838 391-397 plans (E Gresy).
  • <16> OS Card Reference: The Castles of Gt Britain 1953 155-6 (S Toy).
  • <17> OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 1 1778 306-7 (E Hasted).
  • <18> OS Card Reference: The Castles of England 1897 21 (J Mackenzie).
  • <19> OS Card Reference: Some Kentish Castles 1907 36-40 (Harold Sands in P H Ditchfield and G Clinch).
  • <20> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 11 - September, 1964.
  • <21> Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage.
  • <22> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48123. Black and White. Print.
  • <23> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48126. Black and White. Print.
  • <24> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48117. Black and White. Print.
  • <25> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48129. Black and White. Print.
  • <26> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48128. Black and White. Print.
  • <27> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48116. Black and White. Print.
  • <28> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48136. Black and White. Print.
  • <29> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48127. Black and White. Print.
  • <30> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48124. Black and White. Print.
  • <31> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48137. Black and White. Print.
  • <32> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48130. Black and White. Print.
  • <33> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48127. Black and White. Print.
  • <34> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48128. Black and White. Print.
  • <35> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48121. Black and White. Print.
  • <36> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48112. Black and White. Print.
  • <37> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48119. Black and White. Print.
  • <38> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48118. Black and White. Print.
  • <39> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48123. Black and White. Print.
  • <40> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48122. Black and White. Print.
  • <41> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48131. Black and White. Print.
  • <42> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48110. Black and White. Print.
  • <43> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48138. Black and White. Print.
  • <44> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48111. Black and White. Print.
  • <45> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48125. Black and White. Print.
  • <46> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48121. Black and White. Print.
  • <47> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48115. Black and White. Print.
  • <48> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48135. Black and White. Print.
  • <49> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48133. Black and White. Print.
  • <50> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48109. Black and White. Print.
  • <51> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48111. Black and White. Print.
  • <52> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48119. Black and White. Print.
  • <53> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48113. Black and White. Print.
  • <54> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48120. Black and White. Print.
  • <55> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48112. Black and White. Print.
  • <56> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48114. Black and White. Print.
  • <57> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48134. Black and White. Print.
  • <58> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48126. Black and White. Print.
  • <59> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48118. Black and White. Print.
  • <60> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48129. Black and White. Print.
  • <61> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48133. Black and White. Print.
  • <62> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48124. Black and White. Print.
  • <63> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48131. Black and White. Print.
  • <64> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48120. Black and White. Print.
  • <65> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48134. Black and White. Print.
  • <66> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48135. Black and White. Print.
  • <67> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48136. Black and White. Print.
  • <68> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48137. Black and White. Print.
  • <69> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48138. Black and White. Print.
  • <70> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48125. Black and White. Print.
  • <71> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48130. Black and White. Print.
  • <72> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48117. Black and White. Print.
  • <73> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48109. Black and White. Print.
  • <74> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48113. Black and White. Print.
  • <75> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48114. Black and White. Print.
  • <76> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48115. Black and White. Print.
  • <77> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48116. Black and White. Print.
  • <78> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48122. Black and White. Print.
  • <79> Photograph: UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE Types: CASTLE. P48110. Black and White. Print.

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