The Gatehouse website record for Raveningham Mill Mount

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

PastScape record of Medieval Motte reads "Small moat, probably later utilized as a mill mound" Doesn't appear to be a manorial centre, included as a motte by Liddiard however, who considered it might date to 1171
'Remains of a small Norman motte slightly mutilated on the southeast side by the modern road. Of quite defensive construction this motte is similar to others encountered during investigation. A rectangular depression on top of the island may indicate the site of a mill which gives the site the name of Mill Mount'. Accompanying diagram shows the mound as surrounded by a ditch, partially wet, which is '3.6' (metres) deep on inner face and '1.9' on other. (Norfolk HER account of 1971 OS report)
An isolated mound without a bailey and not a manorial centre. I find this hard to accept as a castle. Was the ditch just a security measure to protect valuable flour in an isolated mill or merely a result of obtaining soil for the mound from the closest possible location.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM39309519

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 391799
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 11915 '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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