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Situated 12 miles northeast of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk, Orford Castle offers a view of Orford Ness. Henry II of England constructed it between 1165 and 1173 in an effort to strengthen his position of authority in the area. The distinctive design of the well-preserved keep is most likely derived from Byzantine architecture. The keep is located inside the earth-bank remnants of the exterior defenses of the castle. Orford was part of the honour of Eye, a landholding that was ruled by the royal at different times. Henry II bestowed the honor on Lord Chancellor Thomas Becket in 1156, but when the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time clashed with the king and fled to France in 1162, it was taken away. The Bigod family, who possessed important castles at Framlingham, Bungay, Walton, and Thetford and held the title of Earl of Norfolk, ruled Suffolk before Orford Castle was constructed. During the Anarchy of King Stephen, Hugh Bigod was among a group of dissident barons, and Henry II wanted to restore royal power over the area. In 1165, Henry gave Hugh back Framlingham and Bungay after taking away the other four castles. After that, Henry made the decision to erect his own royal castle at Orford, close to Framlingham. Work on the project started in 1165 and was finished in 1173. The Orford location was situated on level ground with swampy terrain that gradually extended down to the river Ore, some two miles from the sea. It is also possible that the idea of Becket returning from exile in France with armed assistance served as inspiration for the building of Orford Castle. The keep has a distinctive design. A curtain wall with four flanking towers and a fortified gatehouse guarding a relatively modest bailey encircled the keep; these outside defenses, not the keep, most likely served as the primary defenses of the castle. The different measurements of the tower adhered to the one-to-the-root-of-two ratio that was common in many English churches at that era, and it was built according to a precise set of proportions. #History #Architecture #Castles

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