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Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle

England
List entry 1008357
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008357
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.06 hectares
Grid reference
TF 67431 24688
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Motte castle in Keeper's Wood is a motte-and-bailey fortification located approximately 670 metres east of Castle Rising Castle in Norfolk. The monument comprises an earthwork mound characteristic of Norman military architecture, dating to the medieval period. Its proximity to the substantial stone castle at Castle Rising suggests it may have formed part of an earlier phase of fortification or served a defensive function within the wider lordly estate. The survival of its earthwork remains provides evidence of the sequential development of fortified sites within this Norfolk landscape during the medieval era.

Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008357. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle?

Motte castle in Keeper's Wood is a motte-and-bailey fortification located approximately 670 metres east of Castle Rising Castle in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008357.

Who is responsible for protecting Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle?

Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising 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 1008357.

What other scheduled monuments are near Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Leziate Heath, 300m west of Leziate Drove (5 km), Site of All Saints' Church (5.2 km), Medieval and early post-medieval settlement remains 570m west of Jubilee Farm (6.8 km).

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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.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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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

Bowl barrow on Leziate Heath, 300m west of Leziate Drove
5 km
Site of All Saints' Church
5.2 km
Medieval and early post-medieval settlement remains 570m west of Jubilee Farm
6.8 km
Medieval town walls
7 km
Moated site and manorial earthworks at Middleton Castle
7.2 km
Greyfriars Tower
7.3 km
Whitefriars Gateway, South Lynn
7.6 km
The Former South Gate and Southgates Bridge
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle

Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Motte castle in Keeper's Wood, 670m east of Castle Rising Castle

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~23.3 miles
Domesday entry for Rising, Norfolk →
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