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Gresham Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Norfolk, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The site comprises a substantial earthwork with a mounded central keep platform surrounded by a bailey enclosure, typical of early Norman defensive architecture in East Anglia. The castle represents an important example of Norman settlement and fortification strategy in the region, though it was not developed into a stone stronghold and eventually fell into disuse. Today the earthwork survives as a significant archaeological monument demonstrating the widespread pattern of Norman castle construction across England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Gresham Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004022. View the official record →
Gresham Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Norfolk, England, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004022.
Gresham 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 1004022.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site S of Bessingham Wood (0.9 km), Wayside cross 650m south west of Park Farm (1.6 km), Oval barrow with superimposed bowl barrow known as Howe's Hill, 500m WSW of Wood Farm (4.4 km).
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