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The Enigma of Suffolk's Round-Towered Churches

The Enigma of Suffolk's Round-Towered Churches

A visit to Bramfield St Andrew's - it's unique in England

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Apr 15, 2024
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The flint round-towered churches of Suffolk are some of its most enigmatic and atmospheric. Sometimes remote and isolated, often hidden from view behind a screen of trees, these towers loom out of their surroundings like monoliths.

There are 180 round-towered churches in England, the majority to be found in Norfolk and Suffolk. Dating from the Anglo-Saxon era, it appears that building continued into the c. 14th. There are 38 such churches in Suffolk, and Bramfield St Andrew is unique in England, in that the tower stands separate from the church itself and was probably designed as such (unlike Little Snoring St Andrew in Norfolk, where the tower was likely once joined to the church.)

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