Eye Castle

Eye Castle is a motte and bailey medieval castle with a prominent Victorian addition in the town of , . Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the castle was sacked and largely destroyed in 1265.
Wikipedia
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Suffolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Remains of motte and bailey castle 120m west of St Peter’s Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ss Peter and Paul Church, Eye and Eye Town Hall.

Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ss Peter & Paul Church is a Church of England parish church in the market town of . It is a Grade I listed building for its historical and architectural importance. is situated 330 feet east of Eye Castle.

Town hall
Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in Broad Street in , England. The building, which is the meeting place of Eye Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building. is situated 970 feet northwest of Eye Castle.

Historic site
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Benedictine Priory dedicated to St Peter in the town of in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded by Robert Malet c. 1080, and was originally an Alien Priory dependent on in Normandy. is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Eye Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braiseworth and Yaxley.

Hamlet
Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and its name means Briosa's enclosure in Old English. It has never reached any great size, and no longer has its own parish church.

Village
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is a small village just west of in , England. The name means 'cuckoo-clearing'. is situated 1½ miles west of Eye Castle.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of . It lies on the A140 to road around 1 mile northwest of and 2 miles southeast of near the border with . is situated 1½ miles north of Eye Castle.

Eye Castle

Latitude
52.32011° or 52° 19′ 12″ north
Longitude
1.15014° or 1° 9′ 1″ east
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
Open location code
9F4385C2+23
Open­Street­Map ID
way 305446966
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287257
Wiki­data ID
Q5422609
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Eye Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Eye Castle”
  • Danish: “Eye Castle”
  • German: “Eye Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Eye”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Eye”
  • Swedish: “Eye Castle”
  • Turkish: “Eye Kalesi”

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