Orford Castle
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Orford Castle is a castle in Orford in the English county of Suffolk, 12 miles northeast of Ipswich, with views over Orford Ness. It was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to consolida
The keep of Orford Castle
The basement would have been used for storage in the medieval period. It contains a well and a sink, built into one of the walls.
The corbels around the upper hall originally supported the domed ceiling.
The chapel on the first mezzanine
Framlingham Castle
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Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroye
Orford Castle
…Prior to the building of Orford Castle, Suffolk was dominated by the Bigod family, who held the title of the Earl of Norfolk and owned key castles at Framlingham, Bungay, Walton and Thetford. Hugh Bigod had been one of a group of dissenting barons during the Anarchy in the reign of King Stephen, and Henry II…
The Inner Court and Lower Court from the northwest
The Inner Court, showing the open backed mural towers
The mere, one of two lakes thought to have been created in the late medieval period
The 12th-century walls of the Inner Court