What is recorded here

Motte and bailey at Denham Castle is a scheduled monument in West Suffolk, marked by a circular bailey, deep ditch, and traces of a motte in the north-east corner. The site has yielded coins, a spur, and pottery sherds, hinting at medieval or possibly Roman activity. Its earthworks still shape the land, inviting wonder about the people who built, defended, and forgot it.

The National Heritage List for England records Motte and bailey at Denham 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.

Built in the late 11th or early 12th century, likely by a Norman lord following the conquest of 1066, Denham Castle is remembered as a typical example of a motte-and-bailey fortress used for local control and defense in the medieval period.

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