It is not known when Bedford Castle was built but it is thought construction took place somewhere at the end of the eleventh century or at the start of the twelfth. The castle was built within the town ...

No visible remains of what was once a motte and bailey castle. Discovered by arial photography of land near the River Ivel. ...

Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle near the village of Yielden in Bedfordshire. Mound with two baileys. Unsure if this is on private land....

Donnington Castle's can be found just north of Newbury in Berkshire. A family called Abberbury owned the land and a licence to crenellate was granted to Richard Abberbury by King Richard II in 1385 (or ...

Windsor castle dates back to 1075 when William the Conqueror first built a castle on an existing chalk mound over looking the river Thames. This river was very important in medieval times and was ...

Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle....

A motte and bailey castle was built on the north side of the River Cam in 1068 by the Normans where 27 houses were destroyed to provide space. Many of the Norman kings spent money on the upkeep of ...

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Motte and Bailey castle built in around 1070. It was badly damaged by a storm along with the town in 1236. The castle became a prison holding political prisoners during Tudor times and then during ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle alongside the river in Aldford just south of Chester....

Beeston Castle's construction was started by Earl Ranulf, the sixth earl of Cheshire, in 1225 on the 500ft summit of the outcrop of rock after he returned from the Holy Land to find his lands being ...

The remains of Halton Castle overlook the village of Halton near Runcorn and Liverpool. The castle's curtain wall can still be seen. The gatehouse was once a courthouse but has now been converted into ...

Remains of a small motte and bailey castle....

A large Norman stone castle built overlooking the River Tees on top of a 100 foot high rocky outcrop. It was originally built by Barnard de Balliol who died in 1167. The castle castle was divided into ...

This motte and bailey castle was constructed by Roger de Conyers. It is located to the east of Bishopton Beck, a stream that may have provided water to fill the ditches around the castle. It appears that ...

Durham Castle, a Norman Castle, now forms part of the university of Durham. As the castle is part of the University it is not generally open to the public but guided tours do take place....

Raby Castle is located in County Durham near the village of Staindrop. In around 1378 the manor of Staindrop was granted to John Neville, Baron de Raby by the Bishop of Durham who owned the land. The ...

Launceston Castle is located at the centre of Cornwall and the original wooden fort was built just after the Norman Conquest in around 1067 by Robert, Count of Mortain. In the 13th century Richard ...

Pendennis Castle was built in around 1540 by King Henry VIII at the entrance to the River Fal at Falmouth. This area known as Carrick Roads is a natural deep water harbour. On the other side of the ...

Restormel Castle is located in Cornwall a mile to the north of Lostwithiel. A motte and bailey castle with a roughly rectangular bailey was built at Restormel in around 1100 by the Norman Baldwin Fitz ...

St. Catherine's Castle is located in Cornwall on the entrance to the Fowey River. It was built by King Henry VIII to protect the inlet from invasion by the French. The sailors based at Towey had a reputation ...

St. Mawes Castle was built in around 1540 by King Henry VIII and was one of a pair of castles guarding the entrance to Falmouth harbour. The second castle on the other side of the estuary is Pendennis ...

Located on the cliffs of the coast of Cornwall this castle has been used at least since the Dark Ages as a defensive site. The castle is supposed to have belonged to the legendary King Arthur. The site ...

At Trematon Castle located on the banks of the Lynher River near Saltash in Cornwall not far from Plymouth can be found the remains of a motte and bailey castle that was later rebuilt in stone. The first ...

Founded by Ranulf de Meschines The main keep, known as Caesar's Tower, was built at the end of the twelfth century when the castle was a royal possession. The castle was granted by King John to Robert ...

Brough Castle was built on an existing Roman site by William Rufus in around 1090. Destroyed by William the Lion in 1174. The castle became the property of the Clifford family and Lady Anne Clifford ...

The location where Carlisle Castle is built had been used as a defensive site long before the medieval castle builders came along. The site was a Roman fort and before that possibly a Saxon stronghold. ...

Egremont Castle was built by William de Meschines in around 1130. Built on the remains of previous fortifications, it stands on a mound to the north of the River Ehen in the Lake District. Although ...

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This medieval stone castle was built by the Abbot of the nearby Furness Abbey on an island to protect the important medieval harbour of Barrow-in-Furness and as a place of refuge from the invading Scots. ...

Originally constructed as a motte and bailey castle by William Peveril, a supporter of William the Conqueror, but not mentioned in the Domesday Book so must have been constructed after that time. When ...

Remains of a stone castle situated on a commanding position on the edge of a cliff....

Bampton Castle was a motte and bailey type castle located in Devonshire. Captured by King Stephen in 1136. In 1336 permission was granted to Richard Cogan to refortify the castle. No remains of ...

Just the mound on which the keep was located is all that remains of this once important castle. Located near the river at the centre of Barnstaple, Devon. The castle was lived in by Judhael de Totnes ...

The ruins of this castle can be found deep in the woods less than three miles to the east of Totnes, Devon. The castle was owned originally by the Norman Pomeroy family. In around 1547 the castle was ...

Moated manor house now privately owned and used as a bed-and-breakfast and wedding venue....

Important Norman castle. Also known as Rougemont Castle because of the colour of the stone work. Parts of the Norman gatehouse can still be seen....

A small motte and bailey castle now with a rectangular stone keep on top of the mound. ...

Stone castle built by King Henry III on Lundy Island....

Remains of what was once a large medieval castle....

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Remains of a motte and bailey castle later altered to have a shell-keep. The shallow circular keep is built upon a mound some distance from the River Dart. The keep is not perfectly round but has a diameter ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. OS map shows two castles....

Earthwork remains. Access uncertain....

Corfe Castle is a ruin now, but this castle has had an important role to play in Medieval times. The date of its rise as a castle is unknown, and the Domesday may be making reference to it when it details ...

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Possible remains of a motte and bailey castle...

Sherborne Old Castle was built by Roger, the Bishop of Salisbury, and Abbot of Sherborne. Robert needed a secure home and a small hill surrounded by a lake was chosen as a suitably defendable site. The ...

Bodiam Castle's construction was started in 1386 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge who was granted a licence to crenellate his mansion at Bodiam. Instead of just improving the current building, Dalyngrigge ...

Camber Castle is a gun fort rather than a place of residence. The remains of the castle we see today were built on the order of King Henry VIII and it was built at a time when Henry was expecting an ...

Very little of the original castle now remains but there is enough for a visit and the views make the effort worthwhile. Some of the cliffedge land the castle stood on has disappeared though natural erosion ...

Herstmonceux Castle's construction started in around 1440 by Sir Roger Fiennes, the treasurer to Henry V. Sir Roger chose the new fashion of building in brick, something he had seen while campaigning ...

Lewes Castle is situated In Sussex and construction was begun in around 1080. The castle has two mottes which is unusual....

Pevensey Castle is located on the south coast of England and had once been a Roman fort. It is where William the Conqueror landed in September 1066 when he invaded the country. Before marching to ...

This castle on the south castle of England was built in reponse to threats of attacks by the French. King Henry III ordered Peter of Savoy to construct a castle to protect the town of Rye....

Or Great Canfield Castle. Just the earthworks remain of this once motte and bailey castle....

Colchester Castle is located on the exposed East coast of the country and was needed by William the Conqueror to defend against the invading Danes. At Colchester there were the remains of a large Roman ...

Also known as Great Easton Castle. Possible remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Hedingham Castle was built in around 1140 by Aubrey de Vere an Essex land owner. All that remains of the castle is the keep which is rectangular in plan and stands to a height of 110 feet. In places ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Remains of a large motte and bailey castle....

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Berkeley Castle is special because, apart from a short period in the ownership of the crown, it has remained in the ownership of the same family since Norman times. In Saxon times the site was the location ...

Beverston Castle, located a mile to the north east of Tutbury, originally built by Maurice de Gaunt in around 1229 and repaired by Thomas Earl of Berkeley in the reign of King Edward III using money ...

Earthworks and possibly some stone remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. Also known as Castletump. ...

Shortly after becoming King of England in 1066 William the Conqueror constructed an earth and timber castle in the corner of the old Roman city walls of London. Around this was dug a ditch and a bank ...

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This castle is situated in a naturally defensive position between the two rivers, Avon and Stour just before they reach the coastline. Due to the protection provided by the rivers the site has been used ...

Hurst Castle is located on a thin piece of land that extends from the south coast of Hampshire into the Solent towards the Isle of Wight. The castle can be visited either via boat or by walking along ...

Odiham Castle is sited on a bend of the river Whitewater in Hampshire. This castle was build by King John at a cost of £1200. The octagonal keep was rare for the time. The castle was granted to ...

Portchester Castle was a significant fort in Roman times and has remained in good condition because of its continued use over the years. It stands on the shore near Portsmouth harbour and is rectangular ...

Built by King Henry VIII in 1543/44. One of several castles built by the king to defend the south coast against an invasion from France. Southsea Castle is situated near Portsmouth harbour and shortly ...

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Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Goodrich Castle is situated overlooking a crossing point on the river Wye a few miles south-west of Ross-on-Wye. First mentioned in connection with Godric Mappestone in 1101, an owner of land in the ...

Very few remains of a small stone castle....

Only the motte and some earthworks remains are all that is left of this once motte and bailey castle. Overlooks the River Arrow, a tributary of the River Avon....

Not to be confused with the castle of the same name in South Wales. This castle appears to be only earthwork remains. No further details....

Remains of a motte and bailey castle possibly built by Eustace, Count of Boulogne. Situated just to the north of the church in Anstey, Hertfordshire. In 1218 the owner, Nicholas Anstey, was ordered ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. These form part of Benington Lordship Gardens which are not normally open to the public apart from a few times a year. Look for the Benington Lordship website for ...

Berkhamsted Castle was an important castle during the Medieval period. It was at Berkampstead that William the Conqueror accepted the submission of the Saxon leaders before moving to London to be crowned ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. Also known as Waytemore Castle....

A castle was built at Hertford in around 910 by Edward the Elder. The castle was captured by Prince Louis and the rebel barons in the rebellion against King John. The first Norman structure on the site ...

Carisbrooke Castle was originally a Roman fort. The castle is located in the centre of the Isle of Wight and was put up soon after William the Conqueror came to England. The Earl of Hereford, William ...

Yarmouth Castle is located on the eastern side of the River Yar estuary on the Isle of Wight and was built by King Henry VIII in around 1547 to protect the island from invasion by the French. The ...

Possibly a castle existed on the site at the time of King Henry III but in 1281 the owner at the time was given a licence to crenellate and fortify the structure.This was Sir Stephen de Pencester ...

The original motte and bailey castle was replaced by a stone keep during the reign of Henry I....

Now a country house built on the site of a medieval castle. The medieval keep remains. Castle privately owned but open occasionally....

One of the gun-forts built by King Henry VIII along the south coast of England to help prevent attack....

Dover Castle is situated at the shortest sea crossing of English Channel. This has made it one of the most important defensive sites in Britain. The site dates back to the Iron Age and has a Roman lighthouse ...

Seventeen miles east-south-east of London the remains of a castle with a shell keep can still be seen. The outer walls still stand to substantial height. Originally a wooden building that was rebuilt ...

Site of a Norman castle built on top of a hill. Also known as Caesar's Camp. ...

Hever Castle is a fortified manor house located near Edenbridge to the south of London. The earliest recorded details regarding its construction is in 1272 when Sir Stephen de Penchester was granted ...

Leeds Castle in Kent occupies three islands formed by an artificial lake. The outermost island (Barbican) nearest the shore of the lake can be accessed by three different causeways. All the causeways ...

Queenborough Castle was located on the Isle of Sheppey near the site of an old village called Bynne and may have been built on the site of a much earlier Saxon fortification. The castle was named Queenborough ...

The site on which Rochester Castle is built was originally a Roman castrum, or military camp. Shortly after the Norman Invasion of 1066 a new castle was built on a hill near the site on which the ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle created after the Norman Invasion by Richard FitzGilbert (known also as de Clare from his holdings elsewhere). The castle is situated on the River Medway guarding ...

Walmer Castle is one of the series of gun forts built during the reign of King Henry VIII. This was not originally designed as a residential castle. The purpose of this castle was to house canons to ...

Ashby de la Zouch Castle was originally an unfortified manor house granted by William the Conqueror to one his followers Hugh de Grentmeisnil and consisted of a stone hall. The castle remained in the ...

Belvoir Castle was originally a Norman castle but over time this has been replaced by what is now a stately house. It is open to the public as certain times....

Just earthworks and low walls remain of this stone castle. The plan shows that the castle was hexagonal in design. It was the birth place of Henry Bolingbroke, the future king Henry IV of England....

Lincoln Castle is just one of the two castles in England that has two mottes, the other example being Lewes Castle in East Sussex. In 1068, only a couple of years after the Norman Invasion, a Norman-style ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

The keep at Tattershall is the only substantial remains. The keep was one of the first made from Flemish brick, the new fashion for the time and is rectangular in shape with octagonal towers at the four ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. The bailey gate survives and the castle eathworks. Free to access and under the care of English Heritage....

Remains of a forfified manor house built by the Heydon family of Norfolk. The gatehouse form thae largest remains of the castle. The rest of the rectangular inner bailey walls exist to a few feet. Access ...

Built by Sir John Fastolf in around 1440. Sir John was an English knight who made his fortune by capturing and ransoming a French knight. With his money he built Caister Castle, one of the first brick ...

Castle Rising consists on a square keep built in around 1140 in the middle of large earthworks. This is an excellent example of a twelfth century castle and its defences. The castle was built on an ...

Norwich Castle dates back to 1067 when William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a fortification in the town to guard against attack from the Danes. The original castle would have been a motte ...

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Substantial stone castle and manor house. Privately owned....

The motte is all that remains now of Fotheringhay Castle located to the south east of the small village, The castle was built at the end of the eleventh or at the start of the twelfth centuries by Simon ...

Remains of a major medieval castle....

Alnwick Castle in Northumberland started its life as a motte and bailey style fort that was built just after the Norman Conquest by Gilbert Tyson a supporteer of William the Conqueror who may reused ...

Aydon Castle, located approximately a mile and a half northeast of Corbridge, holds a unique position among Northumberland's fortresses, situated midway between the grandeur of castles like Alnwick ...

Bamburgh Castle is located on an outcrop of basalt rock on the Northumbrian coast of northern England. The outcrop of rock forms a long ridge and stands over a hundred feet above the surrounding land ...

This medieval castle was constructed in the late fourteenth or possibly in the fifteenth century by the Middleton family. At the centre of the castle they built was a three storey rectangular tower with ...

Important English Northumbrian castle located in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Its position on the border with Scotland meant it was a key fortress for the English to keep hold of and one that the Scots were always ...

Located on the side of the River Tyne on the edge of Bywell village. All that remains of the castle is the rectangular gatehouse and part of the curtain wall. The gatehouse with three floors and an entrance ...

A licence to fortify his mansion was granted to Thomas de Heten in 1344, but a structure existed on the site for some time before that as King Henry III stayed at Chillingham in 1245 (or 1255). ...

The construction of Dunstanburgh Castle was started in around 1313 by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. The castle is situated on rocky outcrops near the sea on the Northumbrian coast. The curtain wall of ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle dating back to around 1080 and was built by Robert de Umfraville alongside a stream. The castle was abandoned and never fortified in stone or remodelled so the original ...

Remains of a major stone castle....

This medieval castle is located on the border between England and Scotland and saw much military action. It is located on the southern shore of the River Tweed on a steep hill. It was constructed in 1121 ...

Remains of a major Norman stone castle built on a hill just to the south of the River Tyne. The owners of the site in the reign of Henry I were the Umfraville family and they built a castle. In 1173 ...

Some remains can be found of this castle near the River Tipalt. It was built using stone taken from the nearby Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was used by the Thirlwall family for several hundred years and was ...

Tynemouth Castle and Priory occupy the same location on a rocky headland overlooking the mouth of the river Tyne. The site was possibly used in Roman times. In Norman times the castle was owned by Robert ...

Warkworth Castle is located to the south of the village of Warkworth in Northumberland. During the early medieval period the castle was owned by the Percy family. The Percy family was a powerful land ...

Bolton Castle is located in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The licence to crenellate was given in July 1379 to Richard Scrope, the Chancellor of England, who had complained that his land was being broken ...

Possible remains of a motte and bailey castle located a few miles to the north east of York on a hill overlooking the River Derwent....

Linked to the Archbishop of York....

Remains of a large stone castle....

Remains of a major Norman stone castle. It is built on a rocky outcrop above the river Nidd. It was the location where the murderers of Thomas Becket took refuge after their terrible deed. King Edward ...

Middleham Castle is a large stone-built castle located to the west of the River Ure in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The first castle was constructed shortly after the Conquest of England on the current ...

Remains of a major Norman castle....

Richmond Castle was begun in around 1071 when William the Conqueror held Christmas in north Yorkshire where he granted large amounts of land to Alan (Alain) Rufus from Brittany who was one of William's ...

Scarborough Castle is located high on a headland overlooking the seaside town of Scarborough. Three of its sides are protected by the steep cliffs and the sea. It was built by William de Gros, Earl fo ...

The village of Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire is the location of two castles. The earliest was a motte and bailey castle and its remains are to the south of the church at the east end of the village. ...

All that remains of York Castle is the shell of the stone keep on top of the motte. This keep is known as Clifford's Tower. The tower is constructed from four semi-circular lobes and would have had a ...

Newark Castle was built by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, between the years 1125 and 1135. Alexander also built the castles at Sleaford and Banbury. King Stephen arrested Alexander in June of 1139 ...

Very little remains of this important castle. In 852 the Danes built a tower on the rock that lies to the south-west of Nottingham. The Saxons could not remove the Danes by force but had to blockade ...

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Brougton Castle is an excellent example of a fortified manor house. This rectangular castle was first built by the Broughton family in middle or late thirteenth century at the centre of a lake created ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Site of a Norman castle....

Remains of a moated motte and bailey castle....

The construction of a castle at Oxford was ordered by William the Conqueror after the Norman Conquest. The town of Oxford was built at an important crossing point of the River Thames and William recognised ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

In its day Wallingford Castle was one of the most important castles in England. It was a motte and bailey castle located in the corner of a village enclosure on the west bank of the Thames where it was ...

Minor remains of a motte and bailey castle. No information and possibly on private land....

Acton Burnell Castle is located in the village of Acton Burnell a few miles from Shrewsbury. Built by Edward Burnell in around 1284 who was the Lord Chancellor of King Edward I. The ruins can be seen ...

Scant remains of a motte and bailey castle build in around 1100. A stone keep was added at some point later. This has fallen into disrepair and only a section of one wall remains. The site is now private ...

Bridgnorth Castle is located on a cliff by the side of the River Severn. In 1102 the castle belonged to Robert Belleme, Earl of Shrewsbury a powerful Norman baron. Henry brought several charges against ...

Found marked on map. No other information....

Remains of a motte and bailey castle built on an older Iron Age hillfort....

Remains of a fortified manor house....

Clun Castle was constructed shortly after the Norman Conquest by Robert 'Picot' de Say, a follower of William the Conqueror. Situated in the area called the Welsh Marches, the castle's location was ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. Today the top of the motte has a bowling green on it....

The remains of a twelfth century keep in the middle of a field on private land. The castle can be seen from the side of the road....

Ludlow Castle is situated in the Marches of Wales. Ludlow is one of the most important castles of the area and was the main stronghold of the Earls of March. The early history of the castle is not clear ...

Shrewsbury town is mentioned in the Domesday book at which time it had 250 houses and 5 churches. The town is located within a bend of the river Severn and is a natural defensive site. After the Norman ...

Stokesay Castle is a Welsh border fortified manor house has survived very much unaltered since it was built at the end of the thirteenth century. It consists of a large hall, a three-storey tower, private ...

Whittington Castle's remains are situated in North Wales near Oswestry. The defensive site could date back to the Iron Age consisting of banks and ditches. The Normans built a motte and bailey castle ...

Very little remains of the castle that once stood at the centre of Bridgwater on the river Parret in Somerset. Built by William de Briwere in the reign of King John in around 1210. Mainly destroyed ...

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Originally a Saxon fort. Replaced by stone in the medieval period but mostly destroyed at the end of the English Civil War. A Victorial mansion now stands on the site....

Farleigh Hungerford Castle is located in Somerset and was built by Sir Thomas Hungerford after he bought the estate of Farleigh in 1370. The early castle consisted of a rectangular bailey wall with ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle built on a hill....

Originally a Iron Age settlement which was reused by the Saxons and Normans. The Norman works were possibly built by Robert Count or Mortain at the end of the eleventh century....

Nunney Castle's construction in Somerset began in around 1373 by Sir John de la Mare. The original castle consisted of a rectangular bailey and a tower-house at the centre surrounded by a moat. The ...

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Conisbrough Castle was a Norman castle belonging to William, Earl Warenne, son-in-law of William the Conqueror. The castle or area where it now stands appears to have belonged to the de Warenne family. ...

A private mansion built upon the site of a former medieval moated castle. Not generally open to the public but appears to be a wedding venue....

Motte and bailey castle with some remains of keep and curtain walls. On private land?...

The remains of a large motte and bailey castle. Some modern rebuilding work took place in the last two centuries to create a home but was later abandoned. ...

Tamworth Castle is a large motte and bailey castle built in the Norman period. The motte remains but the bailey has gone. The castle is situated near the intersection of the Tame and Anker rivers. Originally ...

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Tutbury Castle is a Norman medieval castle that was built shortly after the Norman Conquest. The main owners of the castle were the Ferrers family and the Dukes of Lancaster. The castle was attacked by ...

Remains of the twin-tower gatehouse and some sections of curtain walls....

Originally a motte and bailey castle built by the Norman William de Malet. The motte can still be seen with some remains of stonework on the top. The motte was built upon in Victorian times and the remains ...

Framlingham Castle's location was probably fortified in some way a long time before the Normans first starting building their castle on it. After the Conquest Roger Bigod, a Norman knight who may have ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Orford Castle was built in 1165 when King Henry II ordered that a new castle should be built overlooking Orford harbour in Suffolk. The Earl of Suffolk, Hugh Bigod had long been a thorn in Henry's ...

Minor remains of a motte and bailey castle....

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Farnham Castle consists of the remains of a motte and bailey castle that would have had a large square tower on top. The castle is situated on a steep hill giving both protection from attack and excellent ...

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Baginton (or Bagot's) Catle is located in the the small hamlet of Baginton just south of Coventry in Warwickshire. Originally constructed in the late 11th or 12th century. Consisting of a motte and bailey ...

Just earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle....

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Location of a Norman motte and bailey castle. The motte is still visible and appears to have a public path nearby....

Kenilworth Castle was founded in around 1120 by Geoffrey de Clinton who was Henry I's Lord Chamberlain. The castle he built was probably a wooden motte and bailey type construction. If there was a motte ...

Maxstoke castle is privately owned and is only open to the public once or twice a year. The licence to crenellate or fortify the manor was given to William de Clinton, the Earl of Huntingdon and Constable ...

Warwick Castle was built by Henry de Beaumont (or Newburgh) on the orders of William the Conqueror in 1068 as part of a defensive chain of castles established to maintain power in his new territories. ...

Location of a motte and bailey castle just to the north of Coventry city centre. Nothing now remains....

Dudley Castle was originally a Norman castle and was built in the Midlands by William Fitz-Ansculf just after the Norman Conquest in 1071. The land had been held by Edwin, Earl of Mercia, in the time ...

A privately owned castle now a restaurant and hotel. Like Arundel Castle a few miles to the south, Amberley Castle was built near the River Arun. The curtain wall at Amberley was built by its owner ...

Arundel Castle is located in West Sussex and is built on the site of an existing Saxon fortification. Arundel Castle was the work of the Norman Roger de Montgomery who was granted the land on the River ...

Bramber Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle built soon after the Conquest of Britain. William the Conqueror granted the land to William de Braose who constructed the castle on the site. Originally ...

All that remains of Chichester Castle is a small section of a mound and can be found in Priory Park at the centre of Chichester. The castle would have most likely been a motte and bailey type castle and ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle with stone keep....

The hill on which the remains of the castle stand is a natural outcrop of rock. The site was used prior to the medieval period as well as by the Normans....

Pontefract Castle is located in the town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire to the east of Leeds. It is most famous for being the place that Richard II, the King of England, was murdered in 1400. Originally ...

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Devizes is located in Wiltshire and was constructed originally from wood. When this burnt down a new castle was built from stone by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury in around 1120. The castle was destroyed ...

Possible remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Ruins of an early 12th century royal hunting palace....

No trace of Malmesbury Castle now exists as King John gave the monks of Malmesbury Abbey permission to use the stone from the castle for repairs and improvements to their church. The castle may have ...

Old Wardour Castle was built at the end of the fourteenth century by John Lovel. The land had been owned by the St Martin family, but when Sir Lawrence de St Martin died in 1385 it was handed over to ...

Earthworks remains of a possible motte and bailey castle. The area has been ploughed so the exact form of the original design is unclear....

Remains of an earthwork castle on top of a hill....

A stone castle was built on the banks of the river Dee to protect a crossing. ...

Possible castle....

Earthworks remains of a moated fortified manor house located near the M5 motorway that inorporates some English Civil War defences. Only the earthworks including sections of the two concentric moats remain.in ...

Worcester Castle was a motte and bailey type castle and was located just to the south of the Cathedral on the right hand bank of the River Severn. It was built in around 1068 or 1069 by the Norman ...

Remains of Norman a stone keep built on a hill above a bend in the River Ogmore. The Norman doorway is the best preserved section of the castle....

Caerphilly Castle's construction was ordered by King Henry III who was under pressure from a Welsh revolt led by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. Gilbert de Clare was the Norman Lord put in charge of the building ...

Cardiff Castle was originally a Roman fort. The Normans created a motte and bailey style castle on the same site in around 1080 or 1090. Robert Fitzhamon was responsible for the castle's construction ...

The ruins of this castle in South Wales stands high on a rocky outcrop. On three sides are steep cliffs so care must be taken when visiting. Access to the castle is via a slopping ridge that is still ...

This castle, also known as Dynevor Castle, is located within the grounds of Dinefwr Park. It was an important castle in the Deheubarth region of south Wales and was the principal seat of the rulers of ...

This Welsh castle was probably built in the first half of the thirteenth century, but no records exist to tell when exactly this was. The castle was built on a high rocky location overlooking the Tywi ...

This castle was built and controlled by the Normans as they attempted to take control of South Wales. A wooden castle was built on the banks of the river Gwendraeth by Roger, bishop of Salisbury in around ...

Laugharne Castle stands guard overlooking the River Taf that flows into Carmarthen Bay. Over the centuries the river has silted up but in medieval times would have been navigable by large ships. The first ...

Substantial remains of a Norman castle built high on cliffs overlooking the Twyi estuary south of Carmarthen in South Wales. The Normans built their castle on the site that had been used since the Iron ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Aberrheidol Castle was a ring-work and bailey castle and the forerunner of Aberystwyth Castle which is located a short distance away. It was built by Gilbert fitz Richard in around 1110. ...

What can now been seen of of Aberystwyth Castle are the remains of the structure built by James of St. George, the Master Mason and chief castle builder of King King Edward I. An earlier fortification ...

The remains of a stone castle. Unsure how much of this castle can be accessed....

Earthwork remains of a timber castle....

Ystrad Meurig Castle is located inland around eleven miles to the south east of Aberystwyth on the west coast of Wales. Documents relating to the castle could refer to another small castle a short distance ...

Also known as Trefenty Castle. Remains of a motte and bailey castle....

Conwy Castle was built by King Edward I as part of his mission to subdue the Welsh in the north of Wales. The castle was designed by Edward's master castle builder, James of St. George and it consists ...

This original Dark Ages fort built on top of two outcrops of rock and used by the important Welsh ruler Maelgwyn, King of Gwynedd was later reused by the Normans. Not much of the stone castle remains. ...

This stone castle was the property of the father of Llywelyn the Great and supposed to be Llywelyn's birth place. Little is known of the history of the castle except that it was captured by King Edward ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle. On private land. Exact location not known....

Remains of a stone keep on top of a small mound very close to its successor stone castle at Dolwyddelan. Tomen Castle is supposed to be the birth place of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, (the Great), Trees and ...

Denbigh castle is situated on the south side of the town high on a hill. It belonged to a series of Welsh princes before being rebuilt by the English in stone. It was granted to Dafydd ap Gruffydd by ...

Remains of a motte and bailey castle built on low lying land. Unusually the motte is situated at the centre of the bailey. The castle was built in around 1164 by the Norman Robert Banastre but abandoned ...

Rhuddlan Castle's construction was ordered by King Edward I. The new castle at Rhuddlan replaced the existing motte and bailey castle that had been built following the Norman Conquest. The building ...

A stone castle was built at Ruthin on a sandstone ridge overlooking an important crossing of the River Clwyd. The castle consisted of two wards, an upper and lower. The upper ward was the main ward of ...

Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle and the birthplace of Owain Glyndwr. Glyndwr famously rose up in revolt against King Henry IV of England in 1400. The remaining contours of land show ...

Earthworks are the only remains of this castle. It has early origins and was rebuilt and destroyed several times over its history. It is located near the Holy Well of St Winefride and was most probably ...

A small castle built by Dafydd ap Gruffydd on possibly an earlier hill fort located in the town of Caergwrle, North Wales. Only a section of the curtain wall of the inner ward survive today. The round ...

This castle is hidden in trees near Hawarden in North Wales. You need to park on the road and cross a field to find it. Parts of the castle were constructed in stone during the 13th century by the Welsh ...

Flint Castle was built during King Edward I's war against Llywelyn and was one of a series of castles constructed in the north of Wales by the English. Construction of the castle at Flint began in ...

The remains of this medieval castle include a round keep and some low sections of wall. The castle is located in north Wales five miles to the west of Chester. It was agreed that the castle was to be ...

Just the artificial mound remains of was once possibly a motte and bailey castle. Aber Castle was also known as Mwd Castle and is thought to have been built or improved upon by Llywelyn the Great, the ...

Caernarfon Castle was built by King Edward I and his master castle builder, James of St George, who started work on the new castle in around 1283. The site was previously occupied by a Norman Motte ...

Important Welsh castle built by Llywelyn the Great but was only inhabited for a short period of time . Construction of the castle was begun in around 1221 on the top of a rocky outcrop and the plan ...

Criccieth Castle is an Edwardian castle converted from an earlier Welsh fortification located on headland overlooking Cardigan Bay. The original Welsh castle was possibly built by Llywelyn the Great. ...

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Castell Dolbadarn is located in North Wales at the foot of Snowdon and guards the road through the pass of Llanberis to Caernarfon. It is built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the pass and its round tower ...

Harlech Castle is one of a group of castles built by King Edward I in Wales. Begun in 1283 this castle was designed and built by James of St. George, a master castle builder employed for his castle ...

Motte and earthwork remains of a medieval castle. Located on the north-east corner of Anglesey and a few miles away from Beaumaris Castle. The castle was constructed by Hugh d'Avranches the Earl of ...

Beaumaris Castle was built by King Edward I and construction began in 1295 on the Isle of Anglesey after Edward put down the revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn. The castle was built on marshy land overlooking ...

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Abergavenny Castle is a castle in Wales situated at the confluence of the Gavenny and Usk rivers. A castle was possibly constructed here during the Norman Conquest of England and Wales before 1100. ...

This large castle in located about five miles to the south west of Chepstow in South Wales and was built in around 1130 by Walter Fitzroger a Norman. A series of untimely deaths and male heirs becoming ...

Chepstow Castle is situated on the mouth of the river Wye and is a gate-house to the Vale of Wye. Built by William or his son Roger Fitz Osbern on a high cliff overlooking the river the castle was well ...

Grosmont Castle is situated on top of a hill and cut off from the small town that would of, in the past, been located near it by a deep ditch. The castle is relatively small but very strong. The entrance ...

Remains of a timber Norman castle that later rebuilt in stone....

Raglan Castle is not part of the original Norman Conquest of Wales and its construction, as it is seen today, was begun by Sir William ap Thomas during the fifteenth century and much of it still remains. ...

Skenfrith Castle is one of the 'Three Castles' granted to Hubert de Burgh by King John in 1201. The other two castles are White Castle, also known as Lantilio, and Grosmont Castle. Hubert de Burgh ...

This Marcher Lord castle was founded in the late 12th century by the de Clare family. ...

White Castle is a Norman castle located several miles east of Abergavenny and a mile or so from the village of Llantilio Crossenny in south Wales. Originally the castle was known as Llantilio Castle. ...