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Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green

England
List entry 1003994
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003994
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.89 hectares
Grid reference
TM 26543 89508, TM 26532 89455, TM 26438 89408
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks at Darrow Green is a motte-and-bailey castle of Norman date. The site comprises a substantial mound with accompanying defensive earthworks typical of early medieval fortification, positioned to command the landscape of central Norfolk. The monument represents the kind of minor Norman stronghold established across East Anglia during the period following the Conquest, serving both military and administrative functions for a local lord. The earthworks remain substantially visible and constitute an important archaeological record of eleventh and twelfth-century settlement hierarchy in the region.

Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003994. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green?

Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks at Darrow Green is a motte-and-bailey castle of Norman date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003994.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green?

Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green 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 1003994.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Flixton II Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (5 km), Boys Hall moated site, 410m north west of The Grange (5.5 km), Moated site of Flixton Priory (5.9 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Flixton II Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
5 km
Boys Hall moated site, 410m north west of The Grange
5.5 km
Moated site of Flixton Priory
5.9 km
Moats Hall moated site
6.1 km
Wind pump
6.1 km
Moated site at The Old Rectory
7.5 km
Moated site and associated fishponds of a bishop's palace at South Elmham Hall
7.5 km
Mendham Priory
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green

Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill and adjoining earthworks, Darrow Green

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~8.9 miles
Domesday entry for Denton, Norfolk →
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