What is recorded here

Mud, fire and fear built Eye Castle, a Norman stronghold raised in the 11th or 12th century to control the surrounding land. Its earthwork motte still stands 120 metres west of St Peter's Church, wrapped in a defensive ditch and bailey that marked the boundary between domestic life and deadly exposure. The castle has lost its timber halls and human voices, but the shape of its warning remains written in the Suffolk soil.

The National Heritage List for England records Eye Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle and its defensive ditch 120m west of St Peter's Church 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, Eye Castle was constructed by the de Lucy family, prominent Norman lords in Suffolk. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and for its historical association with the strategic control of eastern England following the Norman Conquest.

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