Farningham Castle

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

Site of C16 moated manor house replaced in 1740 by a manor house which was destroyed by fire prior to completion and never rebuilt. Excavations in 1972 revealed not only the presumed medieval and post-medieval manor houses but also an earlier curtain wall and moat relating to the hitherto Farningham Castle. The curtain wall, 5ft thick and 7ft high, rested on massive sandstone boulders and probably dates to the C13 or C14. C16 brick manor house had been constructed on top of the curtain wall and later boundary wall.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ54736706

PastScape number; 410142

Books

Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Kent (Malvern) p43
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p231

Journal Articles

1973, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol88 p215-6
1973, Medieval Archaeology Vol17 p161
Borthwick and Davis, 1973, Kent Archaeological review Vol34 p110-15

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Farningham Castle

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ54736706

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