Summary
Weeting Castle is a medieval masonry manor house, built around 1180 within a moated enclosure. It was probably constructed for Ralph de Plaiz. The enclosure measures 80m north to south by around 56m east to west. Inside the enclosure is also an 18th century icehouse, which once served a now demolished 18th century hall.
The house itself is a hall house constructed of flint rubble with stone dressings. It contained a central aisled hall with a service room to the north and a tower of three storeys to the south. A narrower range of at least two sotreys extended southwards from the tower towards the moat. Parts of the ruin survive to three storeys, as does the base of the hall dais, the remains of an undercroft and a chinmney.
Excavations in 1964 revealed Late Saxon ditches and pottery, and a 12th century hall, as well as the sites of Early Saxon and Middle Saxon huts and a Late Saxon hall.
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| Grid Reference: | TL 7777 8912 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL78NE |
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| Parish: | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument |
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Full description
Moated masonry 'castle' (moated manor) probably of 1180 on older site.
18th century ice-house attached.
1964. Excavations revealed Late Saxon ditches and pottery, coin and 12th century hall. Archive adds Early Saxon and Middle Saxon huts, Late Saxon hall.
1979. Casual find medieval sherds.
Before 1984. Casual find medieval sherds.
1994. Geophysical survey.
1998. Late Saxon/Medieval sherds found.
1999. Earthwork survey.
See notes, schedule, photos and copy of (S1) in file.
Detailed English Heritage archive in file contains report of excavation and geophysical survey, history of site and analysis of standing buildings.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 May 1999.
May 2006. Watching brief undertaken on post holes for information panels. No contexts used.
No archaeological finds or features.
See (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 1 March 2007.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary file. |
| --- | Slide: Slide. 3-9 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL7789 A-G,H-L. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TL 7788AD - AG. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Heslop, T.. 2002. Weeting Castle IN Pitte, R. (ed.), Medieval Houses in Normandy and England. p 131-142 |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Weeting History Group. 2002. The History of Weeting Castle. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Liddiard, R.. 2000. Landscapes of Lordship. pp 89-90 |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Cushion, B. and Davison, A.. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk IN East Anglian Archaeology 104. vol. 104. p 182 |
| S1 | Bibliographic reference: Knight, J.. 1965. Medieval Archaeology. vol IX. vol.IX p.191. p 191 |
| S2 | Unpublished document: Crawley, P.E.. 2006. NAU Archaeology Report No. 1172. An Archaeological Watching Brief during the installation of new information panels at Weeting Castle. |
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