Format: Paperback
Pages: 115
ISBN: 9780905594361
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2002
Imprint: East Anglian Archaeology
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Illustrations: 28 b/w pls, 50 b/w figs, 6 tbs
Description:
The enigmatic remains of Baconsthorpe Castle in north-east Norfolk belie the story of a very grand fortified manor house. Owned by the Heydon family from the early 15th to the late 17th century, the house once comprised an inner moated enclosure, an outer court and gatehouse, a barn, mere and gardens and park. This report outlines the history of Baconsthorpe based on documentary and iconographic evidence, and archaeological investigations of the 1950s and, especially, the excavations of 1972.