What is recorded here

Hedingham Castle from Colne Valley Farm Park is a castle, fort or tower in Braintree, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them, waiting for someone to press a palm against the rough surface and feel the heat return. Maybe the castle watches the valley not as a dead thing but as a patient friend, saving its story for the first person who stops long enough to listen.

A named place photographed at this map point in Braintree.

Hedingham Castle was built in the 12th century by the de Hastingues family and later held by the powerful Bacon family from the 14th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle and for its historical association with local gentry and the English Civil War.