What is recorded here

Bungay Castle stands in East Suffolk as a ruined Edwardian fortress where Roger Bigod built a massive keep in 1165 before royal forces mined and demolished it during the revolt of 1173. The site rebounded through centuries of ownership, suffering brutal domestic violence, royal confiscation and nineteenth-century quarrying for road materials until the Dukes of Norfolk released it to the town. Today the surviving gate towers and curtain walls belong to the Bungay Castle Trust, preserving a place that repeatedly escaped final erasure.

The National Heritage List for England records Bungay Castle as a scheduled monument. 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.

Bungay Castle was built by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, in the late 12th century. It is remembered as a significant medieval stronghold and is now preserved as a scheduled monument due to its historical and architectural importance.

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