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Wisbech Castle

Wisbech grew around the original Norman Castle, constructed by William the Conqueror at a strategically important location at the head of the estuary ...

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Camps Castle

Camps Castle is situated in the grounds of Castle Farm and can be accessed via the track-way that leads past All Saints Church. The site is a good ...

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Cambridge Castle

Cambridge Castle lies in the grounds of Shire Hall on Castle Street, on what is the highest point in Cambridge. The strategic importance of this ...

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Burwell Castle

Burwell Castle was begun in 1143 by King Stephen as part of a series of castles built to contain the rebellion of Geoffrey de Mandeville who had ...

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Bourn Castle

An 11th century ringwork and bailey castle at Bourn Hall. The castle was built by Picot de Cambridge, the first Norman Sheriff of the shire. It is ...

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Baconsthorpe Castle

The extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th-century manor house, are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent ...

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Mileham Castle

Mileham Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle. It is almost unique in its construction : the keep (substantial parts of the masonry of which ...

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Weeting Castle

The remains of the 12th century hall house known as Weeting Castle, together with buried remains relating to earlier occupation of the site during the ...

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Thetford Castle

Thetford Castle Hill is an enormous mound, partly sunk into a deep surrounding ditch, and two sets of ramparts. The hill, or mound, is a Norman motte ...

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Wormegay Castle

A motte and bailey castle in Wormegay village. The motte is visible as a large, sub-circular earthen mound 5 metres high and measuring about 77 metres ...

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Oxburgh Hall

No one ever forgets their first sight of Oxburgh. A romantic, moated manor house, it was built by the Bedingfeld family in the 15th century and they ...

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Filed Under: Norfolk Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses, National Trust

Norwich Castle Plan

Norwich Castle

One of the City's most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Used as a prison from the 14th ...

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Filed Under: Norfolk Tagged With: Castles, Museums

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