Red Castle (Norfolk)

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Red Castle (Norfolk) preserves the earthworks of a former ringwork castle in Norfolk. It is one of two ringwork castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. The nearest other ringwork castle is Weeting Castle, 10.1 km to the north-west. Thetford Station is 1 km away to the north-east.

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