Remains Of Shell Keep At Guildford Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1953. Castle.

Remains Of Shell Keep At Guildford Castle

WRENN ID: white-gateway-grove
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Guildford
Country: England
Date first listed: 1 May 1953
Type: Castle
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 9949SE GUILDFORD CASTLE HILL (North Side)

8/16 Remains of Shell Keep 1/5/53 at Guildford Castle (Formerly listed as The Castle) GV I Remains of polygonal shell keep. Early C12. Flint and chalk rubblestone wall to south west of tower-keep, one section of a shell keep that encircled the earliest earth mound. Approximately 6 metres high at highest point with lower, truncated walls projecting to ends. The wall is part of the scheduled Ancient Monument, Surrey Monument No. 1.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.275 M. ALEXANDER: GUILDFORD CASTLE GUIDE (1985) V.C.H. VOL III ( 1967 EDN).

Listing NGR: SU9976149297

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