The Gatehouse website record for Long Crendon Motte

In the civil parish of Long Crendon. In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

Possible motte or ringwork is situated south east of the church surrounded by a ditch except on the north west side. The site is traditionally that of a castle of the Giffards. (PastScape)
Parker's article writes there is a high mound but this was not obvious enough to be mapped by the Ordnance Survey, The VCH earthwork survey or the RCHME survey. However the location is by the church and a house called the Courthouse and is clearly a manorial centre (another manorial centre possibly existed at The Square) with an adjacent deer park, mentioned in Domesday, and Notley Abbey beyond that. Despite the paucity of remains it is difficult to believe this important manor did not have a high status dwelling in the C11 and C12 and that this dwelling must have some fortification. The tenurial history suggests the site was of much less importance after the C12, despite the value a deer park must have given the site. It seems highly likely there was an earthwork castle here of some form but not used after the C12 and fairly rapidly destroyed.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP699089

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 340767
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 0020903000
0201400000 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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