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Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle

England
List entry 1003919
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003919
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.08 hectares
Grid reference
TL 86122 83145
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Area of Saxon town north of Red Castle is a scheduled ancient monument in Suffolk representing an early medieval settlement associated with Red Castle itself. Red Castle, also known as Ditchingham, dates from the Norman period but occupies a site with earlier Saxon occupation, with the town area reflecting pre-Conquest settlement patterns and land use. The remains are now largely earthworks and subsurface deposits that provide evidence of Saxon-period habitation and the development of the settlement before the Norman reorganisation of the landscape. The site's survival as a scheduled monument recognises its importance for understanding early medieval settlement and the continuity or discontinuity of settlement between the Saxon and Norman periods in East Anglia.

Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003919. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle?

The Area of Saxon town north of Red Castle is a scheduled ancient monument in Suffolk representing an early medieval settlement associated with Red Castle itself.

Who is responsible for protecting Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle?

Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003919.

What other scheduled monuments are near Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford (2.9 km), Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath (3.8 km), Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill (4.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
2.9 km
Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
3.8 km
Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
4.1 km
Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
4.2 km
Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
7.1 km
Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
7.2 km
Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages
8 km
Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle

Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~5 miles
Domesday entry for Thetford, Norfolk →
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