Castle Rising Castle new wealth, William built Castle Rising and New Buckenham Castle in Norfolk, and expanded Arundel Castle in West Sussex. The castle was located from the port of King's Lynn. In the 12th century it would have typically have been reached by boat, through a channel in the marshy Babingley River that ran nearby. Following the Norman conquest of England, the land had been granted to Bishop Odo, the Earl of Kent, who may have used it as an administrative centre; there were many Saxo-Norman buildings on the site of the later castle. Although Norfolk was a prosperous region during this
Geology of West Sussex gained from within the Folkestone and Hythe formations for use as either aggregate or construction sand. Ironstone was worked historically in the Weald Clay Formation for the production of iron. Certain locations in West Sussex are afforded some protection against developments which may be detrimental to their geological interest through being designated as one or more of the following: A geodiversity survey of the whole of Sussex carried out by the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre with West Sussex County Council between 2010 and 2012 produced many locations which are now afforded recognition as 'Local geological sites' (formerly referred to as