EAW022457 ENGLAND (1949). Odiham Castle, North Warnborough, 1949
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| Title | [EAW022457] Odiham Castle, North Warnborough, 1949 |
| Reference | EAW022457 |
| Date | 22-April-1949 |
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| Place name | NORTH WARNBOROUGH |
| Parish | ODIHAM |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 472548, 151885 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.9601488713589, 51.260991915957 |
| National Grid Reference | SU725519 |
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 Odiham Castle, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1HG Known locally as 'King John’s Castle'
Grade 1 listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 136964
Scheduled Ancient Monument- Extra-mural settlement located in a field to the east of Odiham Castle.
Partly-surviving octagonal keep, said to have been constructed by King John, located within a moated area. A remnant of the moat remains on the opposite bank of the canal.
Open to the public. Access via the canal towpath.
Completed c 1214, Sometime between 1216 and 1225, the mound on which the keep is build was raised 5 metres and the keep rebuilt. Described as a ruin in 1605. The canal was built through the Bailey in 1792.
Renovation work in 2008 included a viewing area in the keep with the ground level raised by means of a buried layer of polystyrene blocks, to protect the archaeology underneath. |
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