east anglia – Page 2

March 16, 2018

Mileham Castle

Mileham is not well known at all though it is one of the largest sites in Norfolk. A former Norman motte and bailey castle…

March 13, 2018

I really enjoyed visiting North Elmham. The site can be summed up as the vision of two very different people, Bishops Herbert de Losinga…

March 10, 2018

Elsing is a tough one to write and think about, mostly because this place is privately-owned and still lived in. I went to take…

March 7, 2018

Much can be said about this site, but in reality the massive earthworks present astound one’s mind and are, therefore, indescribable. The image here…

March 3, 2018

Castle Acre is one of those places most people in Norfolk are slightly aware of and, yet, have perhaps never visited. If this is…

February 28, 2018

Cambridge is not well known for its fortification and it shouldn’t be. The castle here is long gone with bare marks on the ground…

January 27, 2018

One of these places where some masonry might remain, but the strictly private nature of the grounds it is located on doesn’t quite allow…

January 20, 2018

Horsford is one of these Norfolk places which doesn’t really exist any more except in the mindset of its visitors. It would be very…

January 9, 2018

Don’t visit this place. It’s not worth it. I mean, it could be… but it isn’t. I tried to go and take a look…

January 6, 2018

Raveningham’s an interesting one: other than the moat, nothing remains insofar as I could see. Indeed, a modern complex is situated in the middle…