Framlingham and Orford Castles

Documentary sources

Framlingham and Orford Castles is one of a series designed to help teachers planning a site visit. Historical background is combined with a variety of possible study approaches, documentary sources and photocopiable activity sheets for classroom and on-site work, together with practical information about the site.

Two Suffolk castles

This book - Framlingham and Orford Castles - focuses on two Suffolk castles, Framlingham and Orford, both of which have substantial remains and are a visual basis for the study of the past and a starting point for activities extending across the curriculum.

Fortification

The castles can be studied as entities in themselves or used to illustrate a particular period, the locality or different types of fortification.

Framlingham and Orford Castles

Framlingham and Orford Castles by John Fairclough
Publisher: English Heritage, 1990
ISBN: 1850742618

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