Great Ashfield Castle, also known locally as Castle Hill, is a medieval motte and bailey castle

Castle

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 near the village of Great Ashfield

Great Ashfield

Great Ashfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Field with Ash trees. The Domesday Book records the population of Great Ashfield in 1086 to be 67....

, Suffolk

Suffolk

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, England

England

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Great Ashfield Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle near the village of Great Ashfield in Suffolk. the motte is 130 feet in diameter at the base and 24 feet high. The motte is surrounded by a fosse

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, 18 feet wide and 7 feet wide, which some investigations have suggested is a later edition to the castle.

Today the castle is a scheduled monument.