Offton Castle

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

Square platform with wet moat said to be site of C12 castle. Recorded as homestead moat in PastScape. Camden writes 'upon a clay hill lie the ruines of an ancient Castle, which they say Offa built after he had wickedly murdered Aethelbert King of the East-Angles'. This is a good sized square moat and the records of it having some antquity (even if not quite back to Offa) certainly suggest a possibility of a castle, recut in a fashionable square style at a later date.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM06524915

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 386666

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p83
Martin, Edward, 1999 [3edn], 'Medieval Castles' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p58-9
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p459
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol1 p592
Redstone, 1908, Memories of Old Suffolk (London) p33-4

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

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/essexeng.html#suff6]

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