Castle Acre Castle

Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk. The castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, at the intersection of the River Nar and the Peddars Way. William constructed a motte-and-bailey castle during the 1070s, protected by large earthwork ramparts, with a large country house in the centre of the motte. Soon after, a small community of Cluniac monks were given the castle's chapel in the outer bailey; under William, the second earl, the order was given land and estates to establish Castle Acre Priory alongside the castle. A deer park was created nearby for hunting.

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North Elmham chapel and manor house ⓘ
Grade I listed building in North Elmham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Castle Rising Castle ⓘ
castle in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England, UK
Castle Acre Castle ⓘ
Grade I listed castle in the United Kingdom
Weeting Castle ⓘ
Ruined, medieval manor house in England
Hindringham Hall ⓘ
country house in Norfolk, England, UK
Mid-Norfolk Railway ⓘ
heritage railway in Norfolk, England, UK
Oxburgh Hall ⓘ
Grade I listed historic house museum in Breckland District, Norfolk, England, UK
The Lynn Museum ⓘ
local museum in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway ⓘ
Heritage railway in North Norfolk, England
Holkham Hall ⓘ
large 18th-century Palladian country house in Norfolk, England, UK
Sandringham House ⓘ
royal residence near the village of Sandringham in Norfolk, England, UK
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum ⓘ
building and museum in Dereham, Breckland, Norfolk, England, UK
Shirehall Museum ⓘ
museum in Little Walsingham, England, UK
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse ⓘ
museum in Gressenhall, Breckland, Norfolk, England, UK
True's Yard Museum ⓘ
social history museum in King's Lynn, Norfolk
Desert Rats Museum ⓘ
museum in Mundford, England, UK
Bellarmine Museum ⓘ
museum in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, UK
Discover Downham ⓘ
museum in Downham Market, West Norfolk, England, UK
Museum 4 Watton ⓘ
museum in Thetford, England, UK
Captain Fawcett's Emporium Marvellous Barbershop Museum ⓘ
museum in Kings Lynn, England, UK
RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre ⓘ
museum in Wicken Green, England, UK

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1140 Castle Acre Castle

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1138 Castle Rising Castle

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1180 Weeting Castle

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1734 Holkham Hall

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1865 Sandringham House

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1953 Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum

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1971 Shirehall Museum

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1976 Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse

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1989 True's Yard Museum

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2001 Desert Rats Museum

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2016 Bellarmine Museum

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2016 Discover Downham

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2018 Museum 4 Watton

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2019 Captain Fawcett's Emporium Marvellous Barbershop Museum

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2019 RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre

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Castle castle acre by W. Byrne & S. Middiman - GMII

Antiquities of Great Britain, - illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. (1807) (14577137377)

Priory Church, Castleacre West Front, 1868 Royal History of Eastern England 1873

Castleacre Castle 1735 Royal History of Eastern England 1873 Book Print Plate

Ruins of the castle at Castle Acre

The castle at Castle Acre, Norfolk

Castle Acre Castle

Castle Acre

Excavations at Castle Acre Castle, Norfolk, 1975–1982 The Bridges, Lime Kilns, and Eastern Gatehouse - article by Jonathan Coad et al published January 1987 in The Archaeological Journal
Castle Acre - scientific article published in January 1889
Notices, historical and antiquarian, of the castle and priory and Castleacre in the county of Norfolk - book published in 1843
Excavations at Castle Acre Castle, Norfolk, 1972–77 Country House and Castle of the Norman Earls of Surrey - scientific article published in January 1982
Castle Acre - scientific article published in January 1890
Recent work at Castle Acre Castle - scientific article published in 1983

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

link	page		Historic England research records page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Gatehouse Gazetteer page^@		Wikidata
link	page		CastlesFortsBattles page^@		Wikidata
site	castle		North Elmham chapel and manor house	archaeological site, chapel, fortified manor house	Wikidata
site	castle	1138	Castle Rising Castle	church building, castle, ruins, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle	1140	Castle Acre Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle	1180	Weeting Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	garden		Hindringham Hall	garden, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Mid-Norfolk Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Oxburgh Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Lynn Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Wells and Walsingham Light Railway	heritage railway, rideable miniature railway	Wikidata
site	museum	1734	Holkham Hall	historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1865	Sandringham House	English country house, historic house museum, country house, royal palace, Residence of the British Royal Family	Wikidata
site	museum	1953	Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum	museum, building, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1971	Shirehall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1976	Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	True's Yard Museum	museum, museum building, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Desert Rats Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Bellarmine Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Discover Downham	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2018	Museum 4 Watton	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	Captain Fawcett's Emporium Marvellous Barbershop Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
commons	image		Castle castle acre by W. Byrne & S. Middiman - GMII		Commons
commons	image		Antiquities of Great Britain, - illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. (1807) (14577137377)		Commons
commons	image		Priory Church, Castleacre West Front, 1868 Royal History of Eastern England 1873		Commons
commons	image		Castleacre Castle 1735 Royal History of Eastern England 1873 Book Print Plate		Commons
commons	image		Ruins of the castle at Castle Acre		Commons
commons	image		The castle at Castle Acre, Norfolk		Commons
commons	image		Castle Acre Castle		Commons
commons	image		Castle Acre Castle		Commons
commons	image		Castle Acre		Commons
commons	image		Castle Acre		Commons

Castle Acre Castle

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