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Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.):GAZ 006
Unique number (MonUID):MSF6455
Type of Record:Monument
Parish:GAZELEY, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
NGR:TL 74 62

Summary

Motte and Bailey Castle.

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Ancient Monument SF118: MOTTE AND BAILEY AT DENHAM CASTLE

Description

Motte and Bailey Castle.
Circular bailey, deep ditch. Traces of motte in NE corner. Coins and spur found (OS 1861).
1981: Moat almost completely water-filled and tree lined. Interior of bailey rough pasture with a few trees. Two tracts of land running SW from vestigial motte have recently been ploughed. Apparent scatter of chalk lumps and flint exposed. Four sherds of pottery picked up in plough soil, Medieval - one possibly Roman (S1).
Scheduled Monument

Sources

S1(No record type): DOE, scheduling information (SSF5242)
R1Unpublished document: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL76SW1 (SSF50032)
M1Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish file. Parish file: (SSF50072)
S2Photograph: CUCAP. 1974. Air Photograph. Slides. CUCAP, APs BHQ 28, BHQ 30, 15 December, 1971 (SSF50031)
R2Bibliographic reference: Victoria County History. VCH Suffolk, 1, 1911, 598 (SSF50048)
M2(No record type): SAM file: (SSF41114)
R3(No record type): Scarfe, Suffolk Landscape, 160 (SSF21052)
M3Photograph: CUCAP. 1974. Air Photograph. Slides. APs: CUCAP BHQ 28, BHQ 30 (SSF50031)
R4Bibliographic reference: Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 3, 1863, (3), 411 (SSF50042)
R5Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. Pevsner N, The Buildings of England - Suffolk, London 1975, (2), 227 (SSF16083)

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