Milden Castle
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Milden Castle was a motte-and-bailey
castle
on Foxburrow hill in Milden
, a village in Suffolk
, England
.
It was built in the 12th century, but today all that remains is the earth mound upon which it was constructed. The mound is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Motte-and-bailey
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...
castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
on Foxburrow hill in Milden
Milden, Suffolk
Milden is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located in the Babergh district, around four and half miles from Sudbury.The parish contains the Milden Thicks SSSI and the remains of Milden Castle.-Location grid:-External links:...
, a village in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
It was built in the 12th century, but today all that remains is the earth mound upon which it was constructed. The mound is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.