Bungay Town Defence

In the civil parish of Bungay.
In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).

Scarped and banked defence of prob Saxon foundation

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM337897

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 391898

Books

Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p264
Wade, Keith, and Dymond, David, 1999 [3edn], 'Smaller Medieval Towns' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p162-3
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p461
Scarfe, N., 1972, The Suffolk Landscape p109

Journal Articles

Penn, K., 1998, 'Bungay and its Early History' Quarterly Journal of the Norfolk Archaeology and Historical Research Group Vol29 p3-7
Braun, H, 1935, 'Bungay Castle, report on the excavations' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol22 pt2 p201-23

Guidebooks

Braun, Hugh, 1991, Bungay Castle Historical Notes and Account of the Excavations (Bungay Castle Trust) [Mainly a reprint of Braun's 1934 and 1935 articles]

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