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Evening and morning at Baconsthorpe Castle

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Baconsthorpe Castle is managed by English Heritage and lies off the beaten track near Holt in Norfolk. It was built in the 15th century and now lies in ruination. The Heydons who built and occupied it for 200 years overreached themselves and having run into debt, were forced to demolish part of it to sell as building material. There is a lodge building which was occupied up until the 1920's and this gives way to a bridge over the moat leading into the main castle enclosure. I photographed it one morning and then went back the next day at sunset when it was only occupied by bats, an owl my daughter and myself.