Southwold Town Defences

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Suwald

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

C13 stone wall projected but probably never built or never completed. Licence 1259.

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

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1259 Dec 19.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM5076

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

Books

Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p262, 264
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116)
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
Turner, H.L. 1971. Town Defences in England and Wales (London

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1258-66) p108

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