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Castle Hills

England
List entry 1006063
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006063
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.65 hectares
Grid reference
TM 33523 89623
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Hills is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Suffolk, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The site comprises a substantial earthen mound with surrounding defensive ditches and baileys, representing a typical early Norman fortification of the eleventh or twelfth century. The castle demonstrates the characteristic two-part design of motte-and-bailey fortifications, with the raised mound originally supporting timber or stone structures for defence and control of the locality. Though now an earthwork monument with no standing structures, Castle Hills remains an important archaeological record of Norman military architecture and the establishment of feudal authority in East Anglia during the early medieval period.

Castle Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006063. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Hills?

Castle Hills is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Suffolk, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006063.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hills?

Castle Hills 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 1006063.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hills?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site of Flixton Priory (3.8 km), Boys Hall moated site, 410m north west of The Grange (4.3 km), Moated site at Brook House (5.3 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Castle Hills

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hills's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site of Flixton Priory
3.8 km
Boys Hall moated site, 410m north west of The Grange
4.3 km
Moated site at Brook House
5.3 km
Moated site immediately north of St Margaret's Green
6.1 km
Moated site at The Old Rectory
6.2 km
Moats Hall moated site
6.7 km
Two moated sites adjoining All Saints' Church
6.8 km
Moated site and site of St Nicholas' church immediately east of Church Farm
6.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hills

Castle Hills stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Hills

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~10.8 miles
Domesday entry for Bungay, Suffolk →
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