{"id":657,"date":"2011-10-08T11:58:22","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=657"},"modified":"2011-10-08T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T11:58:22","slug":"castle-rising-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=657","title":{"rendered":"Castle Rising, Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rising795.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rising795.jpg\" alt=\"Castle\" title=\"Rising795\" width=\"544\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rising795.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rising795-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 85vw, 544px\" \/><\/a> <em>English Heritage.<\/em><br \/>\nThis is one of the most important twelfth-century castles to survive in England. A great square keep is surrounded by an oval earthwork, pierced by a gatehouse. A ruined church is half-buried in the surrounding earthwork.  The external stonework is quite ornate, suggesting that the castle was built to impress more than to be defended against siege.<br \/>\nParts of the castle are still roofed and can be visited, and other sections can be accessed by passages built into the thick walls. The Great Hall and Great Chamber have lost their roofs and floors.<br \/>\nAn interesting and relatively complete castle, worth the effort of visiting it. Audio guide available.<br \/>\nIf you have come a long way and want something else to do, the interesting  riverside town of King\u2019s Lynn is nearby.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-659\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rising794.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rising794-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castle\" title=\"Rising794\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-659\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-660\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/KingsLynn796.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/KingsLynn796-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Old buildings in street, King&#039;s Lynn\" title=\"KingsLynn796\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-660\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">King&#039;s Lynn street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage. This is one of the most important twelfth-century castles to survive in England. A great square keep is surrounded by an oval earthwork, pierced by a gatehouse. A ruined church is half-buried in the surrounding earthwork. The external stonework is quite ornate, suggesting that the castle was built to impress more than to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=657\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Castle Rising, Norfolk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,11,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}