Haughley Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Haganet; Hawghlee; Hegenoth

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

Very large motte, with remains of shell keep, and bailey and possible outer bailey. Castle abandoned 1173.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM025624

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 387048

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p9
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p80
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) p235
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p458
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p239
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p20
Pevsner, N., 1961, The Buildings of England: Suffolk (London, Penguin) p230
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol1 p598-600
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p282

Journal Articles

West, S.E., 1977, ‘Haughley Castle’ Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol34 pt1 p65-6
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]
Redstone, V.B., 1903, 'Notes on Suffolk Castles. I. Haughley Castle and its Park' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol11 pt3 p301-7

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/essexeng.html#suff7]

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