Denton Castle is a motte and bailey castle built in the village of Denton

Denton, Norfolk

Denton is a village in the county of Norfolk, England. As of 2001, it had a population of 352 inhabitants in 148 households.Located on the southern edge of the county, Denton has an area of . The nearest towns are Harleston and Bungay...

, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, England.

History

Denton Castle was built after 1088, following the Norman invasion of England, probably by William d'Albini, who linked his estate at Denton to that at Buckenham

Buckenham

Buckenham is a village in Norfolk, England, situated on the northern bank of the River Yare. The village is the location of the RSPB Buckenham Marshes nature reserve.Buckenham railway station serves the outlying communities and the RSPB reserve....

, where he also built a castle

Buckenham Castle

At Buckenham, Norfolk there are the remains of two castles: .-Old castle:All that remains today of what was a Norman castle are the remnants of the earthworks and some traces of a stone curtain wall...

. The motte is around 150 feet in diameter, surrounded by a protective ditch, with an adjacent, horseshoe-shaped bailey. The castle may have been destroyed around 1254.

Today the castle is a scheduled monument.