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Castles of Suffolk - Orford Castle

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Suffolk Map

BUNGAY

BURGH

CLARE

EYE

FRAMLINGHAM

ORFORD

WINGFIELD

Suffolk is a land of flat creeks and harsh heathland, only becoming more arable as you head inland.  The network of river estuaries making the ground too salty on the ever-eroding coast.  It is a county almost untouched by heavy industry save for the twin scars of Ipswich and Sizewell Power Station.  Suffolk also contains England's most easterly point, at Lowestoft. Other towns include Bury St. Edmunds, Stowmarket and Newmarket, home of English Horse Racing.

Roy lurking in the Ramparts of Framlingham Castle

It would be very poor Castle hunting territory indeed if it weren't for the pairing of Framlingham and Orford, the latter built to counteract the former, two of the very best examples of their kind in the country.

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