Denton Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Denton, Norfolk.
The castle was built after 1088, following the Norman invasion of England, probably by William d’Albini, who had estates both at Denton and at Buckenham, where he also built a castle. The remaining motte is around 45 m (150 ft) in diameter, surrounded by a protective ditch, with an adjacent, horseshoe-shaped bailey, approximately 90 m (300 ft) across.
It is uncertain when the castle fell out of use. It was rediscovered in 1850, and surveyed by archaeologists in the 1990s. It is protected under UK law as a scheduled monument. The property has been owned by the National Trust since 1990.
Bibliography
- Manning, C. R. (1884) “Earthworks at the Castle-Hill, Darrow Wood, Denton, Norfolk,” Norfolk Archaeology 9, pp. 335-342.
Attribution
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Photographs on this page includes those drawn from the Wikimedia website, as of 9 November 2020, and these are attributed and licensed as follows: “Castle Hill, Motte and Bailey“, author Ian Robertson, released under CC BY-SA 2.0.
