Weeting Castle

Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block, with a separate kitchen positioned near the house. A moat was later dug around the site in the 13th century. The house was not fortified, although it drew on architectural features typically found in castles of the period, and instead formed a very large, high-status domestic dwelling. It was probably intended to resemble the hall at Castle Acre Castle, owned by Hugh's feudal lord, Hamelin de Warenne.

Weeting Castle ceased to be used in the late 14th century and fell into decay. The ruins formed an ornamental feature in the grounds of nearby Weeting Hall from 1770 onwards, and passed into the ownership of the state in 1926 when the government acquired the surrounding estate. The site is now managed by English Heritage and open to visitors.

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Weeting Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,600位（全5,479件中）、イングランドの181件では151位にランクされています。1180年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の84%より古い城です（12世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の267件のひとつ）。イングランドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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