Weeting Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Weting

In the civil parish of Weeting With Broomhill. In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

Ruins of an early C12 defended manor house, built by Hugh de Plais in the 1130's on the site of a C10 settlement. Originally designed as a free-standing two-storied building, it was extended in the mid C13 but abandoned by late C14. The moated site is sub-rectangular in plan and has maximum overall dimensions of circa 105m north-south by circa 79m east-west. The moat, which is now dry, remains open to a depth of 2m and measures up to 10m in width. It surrounds a central island raised 0.4ms above the external ground level and with internal dimensions of circa 85m north-south by circa 60m east-west. The remains of the medieval hall house stand in the middle of the southern half of the island. The ruined walls, which are constructed of mortatred flint rubble with stone dressings, define a rectangular building 30m by 14m, containing a central aisled hall and a tower of three storeys to the south.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL77808911

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 380175
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 5626 '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.

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlegraphics.com/graphic/castles/castle_tours/weeting.html
    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.50
    http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MNF5626
    http://www.ecastles.co.uk/weeting.html
• Books
  • Cushion, B. and Davison, A., 2003, Earthworks of Norfolk (Dereham: East Anglian Archaeology 104) p182-3 [plan]
    Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p71
    Liddiard, R., 2000, Landscapes of Lordship (Oxford: BAR 309) p89-90
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p164
    Rogerson, Andrew, 1994, 'Castles' in Wade-Martins, P, (ed), An Historical Atlas of Norfolk (2edn Norwich; Norfolk Museums) p68-9
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p309
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p317
    Wilton, J.W., 1979, Earthworks and Fortifications of Norfolk (Weathercock Press) p24
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1962, Buildings of England: North-west and south Norfolk (Penguin) p369
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Blomefield, Francis, 1805, 'Hundred of Grimeshou: Weting', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk vol2 p159-173 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=780 [slight tenurial history only]
• Journal Articles
  • Heslop, T.A., 2000, 'Weeting 'Castle', a twelfth-century hall house in Norfolk' Architectural History Vol43 p42-57 http://www.jstor.org/pss/1568685
    Baggs, A.P., 1981, Archaeological Journal Vol137 p356-7
    1965, Medieval Archaeology Vol9 p190-1 [downloadable via http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?medarch]
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Heslop, T.A., 1999, Weeting 'Castle' and the Twelfth-Century Origins of the Hall House
    McGee, C. and Perkins, J., 1985, Weeting Castle (English Heritage Archive Report)