Ruined Castles in England
35 entries in the Ruined Castles in England compendium.
Baconsthorpe CastleRuined fortified manor house in Norfolk.Benington CastleRuined motte-and-bailey castle in Hertfordshire, slighted by Henry II.Berwick CastleA contested border fortress with a long history of sieges.Bewcastle CastleRuined castle near the Scottish border on a Roman fort site.Bletchingley CastleRuined castle on the Greensand Ridge with 12th-century origins.Bolsover CastleA 17th-century castle on medieval ruins, now in English Heritage care.Brough CastleRuined Norman castle on a Roman fort in Cumbria.Brougham CastleMedieval castle on a Roman fort site in Cumbria.Bury Castle, Greater ManchesterRuined moated manor house in Bury, Greater Manchester.Christchurch CastleNorman motte and bailey castle with a rare Norman domestic dwelling.Clavering CastleA rare pre-Conquest ringwork castle on the River Stort.Clun CastleA Marcher lord castle guarding the Welsh border.Codnor CastleRuined 13th-century stone keep and bailey fortress in Derbyshire.Greenhalgh CastleRuined 1490 castle, last Royalist holdout in Lancashire.Hereford CastleOne of England's earliest castles, sacked by the Welsh in 1055.Kenilworth CastleRuined castle with five centuries of English military and civil architecture.Kilton CastleA keepless 12th-century fortress on a promontory above Kilton Beck.Mackworth CastleRuined gatehouse of a former family seat in Derbyshire.Melbourne CastleRuined medieval castle in Derbyshire, built 1311–1322.Middleham CastleRuined medieval castle, childhood home of Richard III.Moreton Corbet CastleRuined medieval castle and Elizabethan manor in Shropshire.Newark Castle, NottinghamshireA medieval castle slighted after the English Civil War and later restored.Norham CastleA border fortress shaped by centuries of Anglo-Scottish conflict.North Elmham CastleRuined castle and former bishop's fortified residence in Norfolk.Nunney CastleA moated medieval castle in Somerset, now ruined and maintained by English Heritage.Odiham CastleRuined Hampshire castle built by King John, site of Magna Carta link.Pickering CastleA well-preserved Norman motte-and-bailey castle in North Yorkshire.Reigate CastleA lost castle with a surviving cave and a mock gateway.Rougemont CastleNorman castle built after Exeter's rebellion, later a courthouse.Rufus CastleRuined blockhouse on Portland, oldest surviving defensive structure on the island.Sandsfoot CastleA Tudor artillery fort guarding Weymouth Bay.Sherborne CastleTudor mansion built by Raleigh, with ruins of a 12th-century castle.Snodhill CastleRuined Norman border castle with early stone fortifications.Someries Castle15th-century brick fortified manor house near Luton.Spofforth CastleRuined fortified manor house in North Yorkshire, England.
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