Castles of England/Suffolk
There are seven castles in Suffolk.
Name |
Type |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes (Key) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bungay Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Fragmentary remains | / Bungay Castle Trust | Abandoned c.1365. | |
Clare Castle | Motte and bailey | 11th century | Fragmentary remains | Motte 53 ft high. | ||
Eye Castle | Motte and bailey | 11th century | Fragmentary remains | Motte over 40 ft high. | ||
Framlingham Castle | Enclosure castle | 12th century | Ruins | Curtain wall with 13 open-backed towers and projecting gatehouse, poor house 17–19th centuries. | ||
Mettingham Castle | Fortified manor house | c.1342 | Fragmentary remains | Private | Gatehouse survives. | |
Orford Castle | Keep | 1165–73 | Intact | Unique polygonal keep survives. | ||
Wingfield Castle | Castle | c.1385 | Fragment | Private residence | South curtain wall, gatehouse and east drawbridge survive, with 16–17th century house. |