Milden Castle
Milden Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle on Foxburrow hill in Milden, a village in Suffolk, England.
It had been built by the twelfth century, and seems to have been involved in hostilities during the Anarchy. The chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond records that, during the Anarchy, the abbott at Bury St Edmunds had granted Adam De Cockfield the village of Groton as he was able to defend it against the castellan in Milden on account of holding a castle in nearby Lindsey.[1]
All that remains today is the twelve foot tall motte, with damage to the site and the destruction of the bailey a result of later gravel extraction.[2] The mound is a scheduled monument.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson, by Jocelin de Brakelond". www.gutenberg.org. p. 255. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Milden Castle (The Gatehouse Record)". www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Mound of Milden Castle (1006016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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