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Wergulu Blue's avatar

Enjoyed reading this whilst eating my porridge, great research, I think the Norman’s liked building their castles, close to rivers and main roads, controlling both these highways, but they also liked to put them on top of existing structures

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Tahnee Beck's avatar

Thank you ☺️ ah so perhaps some of the Norman castles were built on top of some ancient mounds! As far as I can tell there weren't many Norman castles built in Norfolk (Castle Rising, Castle Acre & Norwich Castle spring to mind.) And there is a tale about a slumbering giant beneath Norwich castles mount…

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Marian L Thorpe's avatar

The best round barrows I know in Norfolk are the ones beside the Peddars Way just east of Anmer.

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Tahnee Beck's avatar

Ooh thank you, I’ll have to make a trip to visit them. ☺️

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Francis Young's avatar

I read you’re trying to get hold of my Suffolk Fairylore - if you drop me an email at drfrancisyoung@outlook.com I should be able to help

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Tahnee Beck's avatar

That would be amazing! Thank you ☺️ emailing now.

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