The Gatehouse website record for Denton Darrow Green

In the civil parish of Denton. In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

This is a small medieval motte and bailey castle. The earthworks would have been completed with a timber defended structure. The earthworks of the motte and the small horseshoe bailey and ditch can still be seen. To the east is Hangman's Hill, a small mound and a rectangular enclosure cropmark that can be seen from aerial photographs. This may be spoil from the digging of an adjacent pond. A second trapezoidal enclosure was surveyed in 1884, but it has since been levelled. This may have been a deer enclosure. Further survey in 1999 further elucidated the remains. Fragments of Roman and medieval pottery have been found here. Interpretations suggest that the castle was either built by or destroyed by the D' Albini's between 1088 and 1254. (Norfolk HER)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM26438940

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 390831
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 11047 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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