Appledore

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Apledore

In the civil parish of Appledore.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).

Tradition of castle reported by Kilburne in 1659 'upon the ruines of that Castle the present Church was builded (the situation whereof rendreth the same probable)' The manorial centre appears to be at Hornes Place, though this may only date from C13, which is when Grade 1 listed parish church dates from. This position would guard a river crossing in a marshy area where the road way was probably much confined and this represents one of the few ways off Dungeness. Camden writes "Apledore, where a confused rable of Danish and Norman Pirates, which under the conduct of one Hasting had sore annoied the French coasts, loaden with booties, landed and built a Castle, whom notwithstanding King Aelfred by his valour enforced to accept conditions of peace." This would suggest a temporary Viking camp, certainly a possibility. It would seem unlikely that the manorial centre was fortified as a castle.

This site has been described as a;
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ95762937

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

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