Editing Castle Rising Castle (section)

===Landscape===
[[File:Castle Rising - geograph.org.uk - 542750.jpg|thumb|The planned settlement of [[Castle Rising]], seen from the castle]]
The fortification of Castle Rising was constructed in a carefully designed landscape. In front of the castle was the town of Castle Rising, moved to its new site when the castle was built. The settlement appears to have been laid out to a grid-plan design, possibly bounded by ditches; with the castle positioned just behind it, in a similar fashion to that at New Buckenham and [[Malton Castle]].<ref>{{harvnb|Creighton|2005|p=162}}; {{harvnb|Morley|Gurney|1997|p=1}}.</ref> A [[dovecote|dovecot]] and a religious house were founded nearby; both of these were important symbols of lordship at the time, and were considered essential parts of a properly established castle.<ref>{{harvnb|Liddiard|2000|pp=177, 181}}.</ref>

The castle's deer park, which merged into the larger Rising Chase, was positioned behind the castle in a similar way to that at [[Devizes Castle]].<ref name="Creighton 2005 193">{{harvnb|Creighton|2005|p=193}}; {{harvnb|Liddiard|2005|p=114}}; {{harvnb|White|2012|pp=47–48}}.</ref> The castle effectively formed an interface between the town and the park; the great hall in the keep faced the settlement, and the lord's chamber overlooked the park, creating a symbolic divide between the public and private aspects of the building.<ref>{{harvnb|Creighton|2005|p=193}}; {{harvnb|Liddiard|2005|p=113}}</ref>

Rising Chase was around {{convert|16|mi}} in circumference, enclosing around {{convert|20|sqmi}}.<ref name="R. Liddiard 2010 7, 17">{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkbiodiversity.org/pdf/reportsandpublications/Norfolk%20Deer%20Parks%20_Rob%20Liddiard_.pdf|title = The Norfolk Deer Parks Project: Report for the Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership|year=2010|access-date=29 November 2013|pages=7, 17|author=R. Liddiard|publisher=Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017151537/http://www.norfolkbiodiversity.org/pdf/reportsandpublications/Norfolk%20Deer%20Parks%20_Rob%20Liddiard_.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2012|url-status=dead}}; {{harvnb|Morley|Gurney|1997|p=4}}.</ref> It utilised marginal farm-land, which may have contributed to its design; the heathland and light woodland south of the castle would have been ideal for grazing deer.<ref>{{harvnb|Mileson|2007|p=19}}; {{harvnb|Morley|Gurney|1997|p=4}}.</ref> The park was also designed with aesthetics in mind, being shaped so that its boundaries stretched beyond the horizon when viewed from the keep, in a similar design to that at [[Framlingham Castle|Framlingham]], [[Ludgershall Castle|Ludgershall]] and [[Okehampton Castle]]s.<ref name="Creighton 2005 193"/> Indeed, while the park would originally have provided the castle venison and other products, it was probably more ornamental than practical in character, including a space of open grazing in the centre of the park, designed to be visible from the castle chamber.<ref name="R. Liddiard 2010 7, 17"/> The castle also incorporated a large rabbit warren, an important source of food and fur in this period, which stretched {{convert|5|km}} away south-west from the castle.<ref>{{harvnb|Liddiard|2005|p=103}}.</ref>