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Ringwork known as Castle Yard

England
List entry 1017914
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017914
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.95 hectares
Grid reference
TM 40257 73475
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Yard is a ringwork, a form of medieval fortification consisting of a raised circular or oval earthwork surrounded by a ditch, located in Suffolk, England. The monument dates to the Norman period, likely constructed in the eleventh or twelfth century as a relatively modest defensive structure. The ringwork comprises a central mounded platform enclosed by a substantial bank and ditch, a typical layout for such fortifications which served as residences and administrative centres for local lords. Castle Yard represents a common form of early Norman settlement defence in East Anglia, though it never developed into a more elaborate stone castle.

Ringwork known as Castle Yard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017914. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ringwork known as Castle Yard?

Castle Yard is a ringwork, a form of medieval fortification consisting of a raised circular or oval earthwork surrounded by a ditch, located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017914.

Who is responsible for protecting Ringwork known as Castle Yard?

Ringwork known as Castle Yard 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 1017914.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ringwork known as Castle Yard?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Margaret's Chapel, Mells (3.3 km), Moated site at Lymball's Farm (3.5 km), Bowl barrow west of Fen Covert, 305m south of Fen Cottage (5.1 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

St Margaret's Chapel, Mells
3.3 km
Moated site at Lymball's Farm
3.5 km
Bowl barrow west of Fen Covert, 305m south of Fen Cottage
5.1 km
North Grange moated site
5.1 km
Blythburgh Priory
5.3 km
Remains of Sibton Abbey
5.4 km
Moated site at Chediston Grange
5.9 km
South Grange medieval monastic grange
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ringwork known as Castle Yard

Ringwork known as Castle Yard 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 Ringwork known as Castle Yard

Sutton HooArchaeological site · ~16.9 milesCaistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~21.5 miles
Domesday entry for Bramfield, Suffolk →
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