Castles and forts in Breckland
The Discover Alone map has 8 castles and forts in Breckland, England. Below are the 8 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Weeting CastleRuinsWeeting Castle is a ruins in Breckland, England. Perhaps the castle kept a woman who measured storms by the tilt of its…
Mileham CastleScheduled monumentMileham Castle is a scheduled monument in Breckland, where the land still holds the shape of a lost fortress. The…
Buckenham CastleScheduled monumentBuckenham Castle holds the oldest and perhaps largest Norman circular keep in Britain, built by the D'Albini family…- Weeting Castle moated site and 12th century manor house with post-medieval ice houseScheduled monumentMeadow grass grows tall on the buried castle, but the water channel still cuts through the soil like a forgotten wound.…
- Castle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friaryScheduled monumentCastle Hill in Breckland is a rare layered monument where an Iron Age earthwork enclosure, a motte and bailey castle…
- Buckenham Priory and Castle siteScheduled monumentBuckenham Priory and Castle site stands as a scheduled monument in Breckland, England, marked only by a point on an…
- Area of Saxon town N of Red CastleScheduled monumentBreckland holds a Saxon town north of Red Castle, waiting beneath soil and time. The name sounds like a child's…
- Red Castle: a medieval ringwork castle overlying Mid-Saxon and early medieval churches, Romano-British, Saxon and medieval settlement remains, and a Late Saxon town ditchScheduled monumentBreckland soils still hold the layered roots of Red Castle, where a medieval ringwork sits above older churches…