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Freckenham Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress situated in Suffolk, England. The site comprises a substantial earthwork consisting of a raised mound with surrounding defensive ditches, characteristic of early Norman military architecture dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. The castle represents the strategic interests of Norman landholders in East Anglia during the post-Conquest period, though documentary evidence regarding its specific builders and early history remains limited. The surviving earthwork demonstrates the typical morphology of smaller Norman fortifications, though the site has undergone considerable degradation over the centuries.
Freckenham Castle (remains of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006070. View the official record →
Freckenham Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress situated in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006070.
Freckenham Castle (remains of) 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 1006070.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa S of Snailwell Fen (4.6 km), Howe Hill bowl barrow (4.6 km), Four bowl barrows north of the A11/A14 junction, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Freckenham Castle (remains of)'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.
Freckenham Castle (remains of) stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.