What is recorded here

King John seized Knepp Castle from the Braose family in 1208, turned it into a hunting lodge, and later ordered it destroyed during the First Barons' War. The castle survived those commands, hosted reigning monarchs into the 14th century, and finally lost most of its stones when people took them for a nearby road. Its name preserves an old English word for a mound, and that mound still rises beside the River Adur, waiting for the visitor to imagine which kings, hunters and workmen once crossed it.

The National Heritage List for England records Knepp Castle as a registered park or garden at Grade II. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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