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Description of Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate
A description of Castle Acre Castle, begun in the 11th century, and the Bailey Gate, one of the gatehouses from the defences that surrounded the nearby medieval town.
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To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, we will enhance and create one hundred meadows at our castles and abbeys, prehistoric stone circles and palaces. From Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain to the Jewel Tower right in the heart of Westminster, over the next decade, will be creating a natural legacy across England – establishing flower-rich grasslands right across England, restoring those that have been lost, and enhancing those that already exist.
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The history of Castle Acre Priory, founded soon after the Norman Conquest and one of the most picturesque and well-preserved monastic sites in England.
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Roman Coastal Defences and the Saxon Shore
Discover what we know about the Roman forts built along the coast of east and south-east England in the 3rd century AD.
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Castle Acre: Castle Acre Priory
Explore East Anglia’s biggest and best-preserved monastic ruins
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One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
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The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
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The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
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Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine
Visit Grime’s Graves and explore Britain’s only open Neolithic flint mine.
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Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.