Denton Castle
Denton Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Denton in the English county of Norfolk .
history
Denton Castle was built as a Motte after 1088, following the Norman conquest of England . The order to build the moth was probably placed by William d'Albini , who linked his lands in Denton and Buckenham and also had a castle built in Buckenham . The mound is about 50 meters in diameter and is surrounded by a moat for protection . The adjacent courtyard has the shape of a horseshoe. The castle could have been destroyed around 1254.
Today the castle ruins are a Scheduled Monument . In 1990 the National Trust bought it and runs it under Darrow Wood .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Norfolk Historic Environmental Record No. 11047 . Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ CR Manning: Earthworks at the Castle-Hill, Darrow Wood, Denton, Norfolk in Norfolk Archeology . No. 9 (1884). P. 342.
- ^ CR Manning: Earthworks at the Castle-Hill, Darrow Wood, Denton, Norfolk in Norfolk Archeology . No. 9 (1884). P. 336.
- ^ Denton Darrow Green . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 19.8 " N , 1 ° 19 ′ 51.2" E