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Caister Castle is a fifteenth-century fortress built between 1432 and 1446 by Sir John Fastolf near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. The castle is notable for its distinctive brick construction and its massive circular keep, which stands approximately ninety feet in height and remains one of the most prominent features of the ruins today. Following Fastolf's death, the castle passed to the Paston family, whose occupation and subsequent loss of the fortress to the Duke of Norfolk in 1469 features prominently in the Paston Letters, a significant historical archive. The remains today include substantial portions of the brick-built curtain wall and the keep, which together testify to the military architecture and domestic arrangements of the early Tudor period.
Caister Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002882. View the official record →
Caister Castle is a fifteenth-century fortress built between 1432 and 1446 by Sir John Fastolf near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002882.
Caister 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 1002882.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caister-on-Sea Roman fort and Saxon settlement (1.2 km), Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Battery, 345m east of Decoy Farm, Mautby (2.2 km), Midsands Cross on Crosstead road (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Caister Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Caister Castle stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.