The striking twin-towered 14th- century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive ...
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Deddington Castle
An 11th century motte and bailey castle, with a bailey to the west of the motte, and a ditched enclosure to the east which contained 4 fishponds. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
North Elmham Chapel
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon ...
Castle Rising
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks. Begun in 1138 by William ...
Castle Acre
Castle Acre is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement, including a castle, town, parish church and associated monastery. All ...
Framlingham Castle
Framlingham is a magnificent example of a late 12th-century castle. Built by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, one of the most influential people at the ...
Burgh Castle
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd-century 'Saxon Shore' fort. Panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which ...
Tilbury Fort
The artillery fort at Tilbury on the Thames estuary protected London's seaward approach from the 16th century through to World War II. Henry VIII ...
Landguard Fort
The site of the last opposed invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines. The current fort was built in the 18th ...
Hadleigh Castle
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified ...