Lavendon Castle stood to the north of the village of
Lavendon
Lavendon is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the northernmost village in the Milton Keynes UA and South East England,near Olney, about WNW of Bedford and N ...
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Buckinghamshire,
England
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A
motte or ringwork and bailey were mentioned in a
pipe roll of 1192–3. It was probably built by a member of the Bidun family, and later belonged to the Pevers.
The motte was destroyed in 1944 when much 12th-century pottery was found. A farmhouse and garden terracing built in the 17th century have effectively destroyed the former mound and today only
earthworks remain.
References
Photograph of earthworks
Castles in Buckinghamshire
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