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A Visit & Tour of Eynsford Castle.

FOLLOW ME ON YOUTUBE! ✅ If you haven’t already, please LIKE 👍 SUBSCRIBE 🔔️️️ COMMENT 💬 SHARE ↗️ Subscribing helps my channel grow and encourages and motivates me to get out and about and add more content. Just 3 miles from where I live, I thought I would spend the morning walking around Eynsford with a visit to the castle. Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford. The castle was constructed by William de Eynsford, probably between 1085 and 1087, to protect the lands of Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux. It comprised an inner and an outer bailey, the former protected by a stone curtain wall. In 1130 the defences were improved, and a large stone hall built in the inner bailey. The de Eynsford family held the castle until their male line died out in 1261, when it was divided equally between the Heringaud and de Criol families. A royal judge, William Inge, purchased half of the castle in 1307, and arguments ensued between him and his co-owner, Nicholas de Criol, who ransacked Eynsford in 1312. The castle was never reoccupied and fell into ruins, and in the 18th century it was used to hold hunting kennels and stables. The ruins began to be restored after 1897, work intensifying after 1948 when the Ministry of Works took over the running of the castle. In the 21st century. Entrance, Curtain Wall and Service Buildings The castle was entered through a gatehouse, reached by a timber drawbridge over the wide, shallow moat. The foundations of the gatehouse, built in the late 11th to early 12th centuries, are visible today. The curtain wall stands 9 metres (29 feet) high and is almost 2 metres (7 feet) wide at its base. The north-west segment of the wall has collapsed, but fragments of its remains can still be seen. The collapse exposed part of the low oval man-made mound inside. A concrete wall has since been erected to retain the mound. Three openings in the curtain wall mark the remains of garderobes or latrines, which discharged into the moat below. There would have been timber outbuildings between the garderobes and the kitchen. To the left of the main entrance are ruins of both the well, which was the castle’s main water supply, and the great kitchen, built between 1150 and 1175. The castle had an outer bailey to the south-east which would have contained further buildings, but very little is known about them or the extent of the outer bailey. Garderobe: A gardrobe is a historic term for a room or closet in a medieval castle that was used to store valuables, clothing, or as a toilet. In a medieval castle, a gardrobe was usually a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit, or the moat. Medieval toilets, just as today, were often referred to by a euphemism, the most common being 'privy chamber', just 'privy' or 'garderobe'. Hall Building The hall building was constructed in the 12th century on the site of an earlier, possibly Saxon, structure. External stairs led to the domestic accommodation on the first floor, comprising a hall, used for eating and public business, and a solar, the domestic chamber. On the ground floor were two undercrofts, or cellars. The undercroft beneath the solar was a self-contained residential apartment with its own entrance, well, garderobe and fireplace. It would have been used by an important person, such as the bailiff of the castle. The undercroft beneath the hall would have served as storage space. At some point in the late 12th or early 13th century, a forebuilding was added to the hall to provide more rooms. After a fire in about 1250, repairs and improvements were made, which included the building of a new, second kitchen to serve the private apartments and the hall. Music by David Wilson (me) Links: English Heritage - Eynsford Castle. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/v... ____________________________________________________ If you have any questions about the route or an area I am walking, kayaking, or camping in, why not get in touch via Facebook, or comment below the video.   / davidwilsonoutandabout   Donate  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DWoutand... Your support is greatly appreciated. Have an awesome day 😃 Dave 👍 WEBSITE: David Wilson Out and About (Website/Blog) https://www.davidwilsonoutandabout.co... Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/DWOu...