Castle on the Hill Virtual Cache
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This is a virtual geocache - so there is no container to find or log to sign, instead you need to complete a simple task, which in this case is to take a photo and answer one question - more info on that below
1 Count how many steps from the first railing to the top of the hill and either email or message the answer
2 Take a picture at the top and post on your log
An Iron Age hill fort surmounted by a Norman motte and bailey castle. The motte at Thetford Castle stands 12m high and is one of the largest in England. The castle was probably built soon after 1066 and remained a baronial stronghold until it was confiscated by Henry II in 1157, who dismantled its defences after the war of 1173. The great motte stands in the angle of a bailey with unusually large double ramparts surviving to the north and east. Excavations have suggested that it is unlikely that these continued round into the flood-plain to the south, where the Rivers Thet and Little Ouse run. Indeed, the bailey appears to have been formed from the earthworks of the Iron Age fort which ran in a curve to the north of the rivers, with the latter forming its southern defences.
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