Sold outThe story behind the design
Built from 1141. Ordered down in 1157. Nearly 870 years later, the keep's flint core is still standing. STILL HERE.
Geoffrey de Mandeville built Walden Castle between about 1141 and 1143, during the Anarchy. In 1157 Henry II ordered it slighted, deliberately damaged so it couldn't be defended. Much of its flint was later carted off for houses around the town. What survives is the flint-and-mortar core of the keep, now Grade I listed and a scheduled monument.
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Sources: Saffron Walden TIC: Museum & castle grounds · Walden Castle




