Great Ashfield Castle Hill

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameGreat Ashfield Castle Hill
Alternative NamesParkers Wood
Historic CountrySuffolk
Modern AuthoritySuffolk
1974 AuthoritySuffolk
Civil ParishGreat Ashfield

Motte, overgrown with trees and situated in a plain. It is 3.5m high and circa 40.0m in diameter, surrounded by a wet ditch. 4.0m-5.0m wide, which, having been cut into the base of the mound, appears to be later. The summit of the mound is flattened, circa 15.0m across. No trace of the alleged track south of the motte. The filled in pond to the east is probably fairly modern. (PastScape–ref. Field Investigators Comments-F1 NKB 19-OCT-71)

Fieldwalking in the castle bailey produced a C13-C14 scatter of which circa 25% were shell tempered. There were no ruins but may be C12-C13. (Suffolk HER ref. Birch M & W, SAFG)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTL991675
Latitude52.2696418762207
Longitude0.91702002286911
Eastings599120
Northings267500
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 80
  • Martin, Edward, 1999 (3edn), 'Medieval Castles' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p. 58-9
  • Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 239 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 458
  • Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol. 1 p. 591 (plan) online copy