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Description: | Early example of a Norman castle dating to the late 11th or early 12th century. Comprising a low artificial platform encircled by a flint curtain wall and moat. A gatehouse, foundations only remaining, and a now ruinous stone hall were added during the 12th century. Violently destroyed 1312. Although not mentioned in Domesday it is likely that the castle already existed in a primative form prior to the Conquest. Excavations revealed traces of a wooden tower, antedating the curtain wall, which would have sat on top of the motte. | Subjects: | Moat Curtain Wall Defence Communications Watch Tower Mound Domestic Castle Water Supply And Drainage Gatehouse Great Hall | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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