Framlingham Castle

Suffolk is full of castles.  A lot of groups fell out with each other and figured that castles were a necessary way to make sure you could take care of yourself.  Framlingham is one of the more substantial ones that I have seen.  There are multiple towers that surround the top of the hill with stout walls between them.  It would be interesting to see what it looked like when the castle was the center of the community.

It dominates the surrounding area as you would expect of a castle.  You can walk all along the top of the walls to complete a circle of the fortress and check out both the surrounding countryside and the large interior.  I’m not a huge fan of heights so wandering around on the top of the walls is something I do with some trepidation.  However, you go to these places to see everything so I’m not going to wimp out because of a little vertical drop!

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