Great Ashfield Castle

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Overgrown remains of Great Ashfield Castle

Great Ashfield Castle , also known as Castle Hill in the area , is an abandoned castle near the village of Great Ashfield in the English county of Suffolk .

Details

Floor plan of Great Ashfield Castle 1911

Great Ashfield Castle was a moth that Normans planted near the village of Great Ashfield. The mound has a diameter of 39.5 meters at the foot and is 7.3 meters high. The mound is surrounded by a trench that is 5.5 meters deep and 2.1 meters wide. Research suggests that this trench was added later.

Today the Burgstalle is a Scheduled Monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JC Wall: Ancient Earthworks in William Page: The Victoria History of Suffolk . Volume 1. University of London, London 1911. p. 591.
  2. ↑ Monument No. 385121 . National Monuments Record. English Heritage . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Great Ashfield Castle Hill . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 10.6 ″  N , 0 ° 54 ′ 59.8 ″  E