What is recorded here

Haughley Castle rose in Mid Suffolk as a massive motte and bailey built by Hugh de Montfort, standing eighty feet high above a broad quadrilateral enclosure. Rebels led by the Earl of Leicester seized and destroyed the place in 1173, leaving behind only large mounds and a deep wet ditch. A local story suggests a mass grave from that siege lies hidden in the Hall Gardens, waiting beneath the grass for someone brave enough to listen.

The National Heritage List for England records Haughley 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.

Haughley Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Lucy family, a prominent Norman noble lineage. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval ringwork castle and is remembered for its historical association with the Barons' War and the de Lucy's role in English military history.

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