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HER 82 - Alleged Castle Site, Dorking

Alleged Castle Site, noted by Aubrey in 1789 as being located in ' Bonhamcastle Meadow, in which once stood a fortress destroyed by the Danes, of which nought now remains but a large ditch'. Subsequent searches for records or visible remains have been unsuccessful.

Monument Information
Record TypeMonument
ConditionNot Known
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Location
Grid ReferenceTQ 165 495
ParishDorking
Parish (old)Dorking
DistrictMole Valley, Surrey
Map SquareTQ14NE
Type and Period
Evidence TypeMonument TypeDate Range:
CONJECTURAL EVIDENCE
CASTLE
Saxon
Early Med'L AD5C-1066

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Ref: Victoria County History of Surrey
Ref: 31/12/1911
3Surrey HER1 part146

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Philip Charles Davis John Aubrey surveyed Surrey in 1673. 1789 is the date William Bray wrote an article in which he quoted Aubrey.
Refs. Bray, Wm, 1789, 'Some account of a Roman road leading from Southampton by Chichester and Arundell, through Sussex and Surrey to London, so far as the same is found in Surrey' Archaeologia Vol. 9 p. 102
Aubrey, J., 1719, Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey Vol. 4 p. 187
Philip Charles Davis NB. Aubrey calls the site Benham-castle not Bonhamcastle
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