Motte or ringwork and bailey mentioned in a pipe roll of 1192-3. The motte was destroyed in 1944 when much C12 pottery was found. Castle Farm, a C17farmhouse outbuildings and garden terracing have effectively destroyed the former mound, but vague slopes and a section of water-filled ditch survive on the NW side of the house. The dimensions shown on the OS 25" and the RCHME plan (the slopes were presumably destroyed in 1944) suggest a ring-work, probably the original feature rather than a motte. There is only one formal bailey enclosure, that to the NE. The bank, ditch and interior are under pasture, and there is one recognisable entrance on the SE side. The enclosures to the NW and W of the castle are not strictly defensive (see RCHME Sections), but are almost certainly contemporary. (PastScape)

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Name	Lavendon Castle
Alternative Names	Laverdon
Historic County	Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	Lavendon
Type	Timber Castle Masonry Castle
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Listed	Not listed
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	SP917543
Eastings	491700
Northing	254300
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PastScape Reference	346942
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Books

• Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p35
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p28
• Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p252
• Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
• Page, Wm (ed), 1927, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol4 p380 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=62601#s2
• RCHME, 1913, An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Vol2 [north] p17, 163-4 http://www.archive.org/details/inventoryofhisto02greauoft
• Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
• Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p146-7

Journals

• Brown, T. and Everson, P., 2005, 'Earthworks at Lavendon' Records of Buckingham Vol45 p45-46
• Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p314
• Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 p249-280 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p90-121] http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28195904%2974%3A291%3C249%3AALOC1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
• Jope, E.M. and Threlfall, R.I., 1959, 'The Twelfth-Century Castle at Ascot Doilly, Oxfordshire: Its History and Excavation' Antiquaries Journal Vol39 p239