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Eye Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Eay
In the civil parish of Eye.
In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).
Motte and bailey castle. Motte raised 1066-71 and castle erected, the latter mostly destroyed in C14. Windmill constructed upon motte 1561-62, its successor demolished 1844 and replaced with house for Sir Edward Kerrison. This damaged 1965 during gale, partly collapsed 1979. House constructed of whole flints with brick piers and dressings. No roof. Plan is irregular enneagon consisting of curtain walls with living accommodation to south and west. To west side are remains of winder staircase to first floor, collapsed 1979. South end with foundations for 3 rooms. Curtain wall with arrow loops. Remains of late C12 flint curtain wall extends to north-west down motte to form part of north curtain wall of inner bailey. Historical note: house built for Sir Edward Kerrison's batman, who had saved his life during Battle of Waterloo. Castle mentioned in Domesday.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 468308)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM148738
PastScape number;
389097
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p75
Martin, Edward, 1999 [3edn], 'Medieval Castles' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p58-9
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p233
Paine, C., 1993, The History of Eye (Diss) p4-5
Higham, R. and Barker, P., 1992, Timber Castles (Batsford) p137
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p457
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p229
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p185, 357
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p649
Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p155-6
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol1 p595-6
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p276-7
Journal Articles
- Harfield, C.G., 1991, 'A Hand-list of Castles Recorded in the Domesday Book' English Historical Review Vol106
Martin, E.A., Plouviez, J., and Feldman, H.A., 1988, 'Archaeology in Suffolk 1987' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol36 p317
Youngs, S.M. et al, 1988 ‘Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1987' Medieval Archaeology Vol32 p275
anon, 1987, ‘Norman walls at Eye Castle' Ipswich Archaeological Trust News 22 p1
Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p309
Webster, L.E. and Cherry, J., 1980, ‘Medieval Britain in 1979' Medieval Archaeology Vol24 p249
Martin, E.A., 1977-80, ‘Suffolk Archaeological Unit excavations, 1978’ Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol34 p218
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
Brown, R. Allen, 1955, 'Royal Castle-building in England 1154-1216' English Historical Review Vol70 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp19-64
Harris, H.A., 1911, 'Eye Castle' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol14 pt2 p249-58
Armitage, E., 1904 April, 'The Early Norman Castles of England' The English Historical Review Vol74 p230-1
Manning, C.R., 1876, 'Eye Castle' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol5 pt1 p104-14
Creed, H. 1855, 'On the Castle and Honor of Eye' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol2 pt3 p117-24
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