Английская Википедия:Edburton Castle Ring
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Edburton Castle Ring (or Castle Rings) is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England, on the peak of Edburton Hill on the South Downs, near the villages of Edburton and Fulking. It is a Scheduled Monument.[1]
Description
It is a motte-and-bailey castle, thought to have been built soon after the arrival of the Normans in 1066.[1][2]
The castle survives as earthworks. The motte is a mound of diameter Шаблон:Convert and height Шаблон:Convert, surrounded by a ditch of width about Шаблон:Convert. There is a depression in the centre of the motte where there was 19th-century excavation, the monument being mistaken for a barrow. Adjoining the motte to the north is the bailey; the bank enclosing the bailey is up to Шаблон:Convert above the interior and up to Шаблон:Convert across, with an external ditch of width about Шаблон:Convert.[1]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:NHLE
- ↑ 'Parishes: Fulking', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 202-204 British History Online. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
