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A list of castles in England, Scotland and Wales. Many are just the remains of motte and bailey type castles. The list has been built up from several sources and not all locations have been verified as accurate. Use this information at your own risk. Category entries are blank where information is not known.Click on the coordinates to launch StreetMap.co.uk in a new window showing the location.
Aber Castle53.233967, -4.014414SH65607260
Aber Lleiniog Castle53.292608, -4.077219SH61707930
Abercorn Castle55.99875, -3.471858NT08307940
Abercowy Castle51.79505, -4.470926SN29701360
Abergavenny Castle (Details)51.819633, -3.017528SO29901390
Aberystwyth Castle (Details)52.413934, -4.090636SN57908160
Abinger Castle51.20236, -0.406856TQ11404600
Acre Castle52.70387, 0.692299TF82001520
Acton Burnell Castle52.61286, -2.689676SJ53300180
Aldford Castle53.13038, -2.869794SJ41905960
Allington Castle51.29328, 0.511395TQ75205790
Almondbury Castle53.62232, -1.77167SE15201400
Alnwick Castle (Details)55.4169, -1.7062NU18701370
Alton Castle52.986021, -1.893541SK07404250
Amberley Castle50.90915, -0.540636TQ02701320
Angle Castle51.685166, -5.088396
Anstey Castle51.97683, 0.042719TL40403290
Appleby Castle54.5742, -2.4888NY68401990
Arundel Castle (Details)50.8562, -0.5536TQ01900730
Ascot D'Oilly Castle51.86965, -1.559876SP30401910
Ashby de la Zouch Castle (Details)52.7467, -1.4652SK36201670
Ashton Castle51.64748, -1.930578SU04909430
Astley Castle52.50161, -1.540338SP31308940
Astwell Castle52.09192, -1.113968SP60804410

Bailey: The open area in a castle between the keep and the curtain wall. This area can have working and domestic buildings in it

Barbican: Outer defences of a castle where attackers would be vulnerable. Normally a double tower over a bridge or gate

Baconsthorpe Castle52.899128, 1.152095TG12203810
Baginton Castle52.369685, -1.50004SP34207470
Bamburgh Castle (Details)55.609281, -1.710582NU18303510
Bampton Castle50.992786, -3.485462SS95902250
Barnard Castle54.543479, -1.925711NZ04901650
Barnstaple Castle51.08086, -4.06287SS55503330
Barnwell Castle52.454894, -0.457351TL04908530
Basing House51.26868, -1.051765SU66505260
Beaudesert Castle52.29371, -1.77122SP15606620
Beaumaris Castle (Details)53.2645, -4.0917SH60597621
Beaupre Castle51.438797, -3.4271519
Beeston Castle (Details)53.1289, -2.6934SJ53705930
Belvoir Castle52.894331, -0.782472SK82003470
Benington Castle51.89586, -0.116474TL29702360
Beoley Castle52.32266, -1.904589SP06606940
Berkeley Castle (Details)51.6889, -2.4571ST68509900
Berkhampsted Castle51.76365, -0.55962SP99500820
Berry Pomeroy Castle50.449, -3.63664SX83806220
Beverston Castle51.64463, -2.200834ST86209400
Bickleigh Castle50.85092, -3.511427SS93700680
Bishop's Castle52.49559, -2.998616SO32308910
Bishop's Stortford Castle51.871935, 0.162909TL49002150
Bishop's Waltham Palace50.9525, -1.215527SU55201730
Bletchingley Castle51.23925, -0.10617TQ32305060
Bodiam Castle (Details)51.0021, 0.5427TQ78502560
Bolingbroke Castle53.165106, 0.016992TF35006490
Bolsover Castle53.23127, -1.297367SK47007070
Bolton Castle54.322142, -1.949515SE03409180
Bougham Castle54.65391, -2.72NY53202900
Brailes Castle52.05843, -1.552191SP30804010
Bramber Castle50.88365, -0.316815TQ18501070
Brampton Bryan Castle52.347663, -2.925781SO37007260
Brandon Castle52.37962, -1.402042SP40807590
Bredwardine Castle52.09393, -2.972104SO33504440
Bridgnorth Castle (Details)52.5314, -2.4186SO71709270
Bridgwater Castle51.12896, -3.00487ST29803730
Brimpsfield Castle51.8129, -2.086987SO94101270
Brinklow Castle52.41354, -1.356007SP43907970
Bronllys Castle52.0036926, -3.2406371
Brough Castle54.52176, -2.3244NY79001410
Broughton Castle52.04063, -1.391994SP41803820
Bryn Amlwg Castle52.453027, -3.226565SO16708460
Builth Castle (Details)52.1491, -3.3995SO04345101
Bungay Castle52.455984, 1.436105TM33608980
Burley Castle52.69741, -0.678542SK89401190
Buttercrambe Castle54.01641, -0.882823SE73305840

Casemate: Bomb-proof vault in a curtain wall for cannons

Castle: Medieval fortification

Caerlaverock Castle54.97639, -3.521855NY02606570
Caernarvon Castle (Details)53.1394, -4.2768SH47806267
Caerphilly Castle (Details)51.5767, -3.2192ST15618713
Cainhoe Castle52.02416, -0.401142TL09803740
Caister Castle52.650404, 1.70175TG50401220
Caldicot Castle51.593135, -2.742327ST48608850
Calshot Castle50.82, -1.308604SU48800250
Caludon Castle52.41852, -1.451509SP37408020
Camber Castle50.93302, 0.733898TQ92201840
Cambridge Castle52.211953, 0.11479TL44505910
Canfield Castle51.83696, 0.312183TL59401790
Canterbury Castle51.2796, 1.0829TR14605750
Cardiff Castle (Details)51.4819, -3.1817ST18047654
Cardigan Castle52.0815, -4.6606088SN16404640
Carew Castle (Details)51.6972, -4.8269SN04500370
Carisbrooke Castle (Details)50.6878, -1.312SZ48708780
Carlisle Castle54.897223, -2.94207NY39605620
Carn Brea Castle50.222438, -5.244834SW68704060
Carreg Cennen Castle (Details)51.8544, -3.9356
Carrickfergus Castle54.7132, -5.8063NW54904200
Castell-y-Bere52.6577034, -3.9717829
Castle Rising (Details)52.7933, 0.4694TF66602460
Castlethorpe52.093549, -0.835471SP79804460
Caus Castle52.664047, -2.980755SJ33800780
Caverswall Castle52.982437, -2.074617SJ95104280
Cawood Castle53.831569, -1.129685SE57303760
Chartley Castle52.854043, -1.985961SK01002850
Chelborough Castle50.84727, -2.637719ST55200550
Cheney Longville Castle52.457754, -2.858783SO41708480
Chepstow Castle (Details)51.6438, -2.6763ST53309410
Chideock Castle50.73465, -2.817568SY42409310
Chilham Castle51.242997, 0.959893TR06605350
Chirk Castle (Details)52.9353, -3.0891SJ26903810
Christchurch Castle50.733394, -1.775013SZ16009260
Cilgerran Castle52.056982, -4.634169SN19504310
Clare Castle52.076899, 0.582071TL77004520
Claxton Castle52.58183, 1.445136TG33500380
Clifford Castle52.10443, -3.106658SO24304570
Clitheroe Castle53.86996, -2.393847SD74204160
Clun Castle (Details)52.4216, -3.0337SO29808090
Coity Castle51.52201, -3.553SS92308160
Colchester Castle (Details)51.89059, 0.90308TL99802520
Conisbrough Castle (Details)53.4843, -1.2264SK51709890
Conway Castle (Details)53.28013, -3.82581SH78217750
Corfe Castle (Details)50.6404, -2.0593SY95908230
Craigie Castle55.55386, -4.523794NS40903180
Crail Castle56.25743, -2.64239NO60300740
Crewkerne Castle50.89286, -2.824601ST42101070
Criccieth Castle52.916021, -4.232481SH49903770
Crichton Castle55.844363, -2.990861NT38006160
Cymaron Castle52.32422, -3.245661SO15207030
Cymmer Castle52.75818, -3.880417SH73201950
Cynfal Castle52.5945, -4.046145SH61500160

Donjon: Inner stronghold or keep of the castle

Drawbridge: The wooden bridge of a gateway that can be raised or lowered for defence

Deal Castle51.219443, 1.403571TR37705210
Deddington Castle51.980924, -1.315687SP47203180
Deganwy Castle53.29749, -3.830502SH78107940
Denbigh Castle (Details)53.180544, -3.420695SJ05206600
Devizes Castle51.35078, -1.998515SU00206130
Dinefwr Castle51.876837, -4.018306SN61102170
Dinerth Castle52.238894, -4.206126SN49506240
Dirleton Castle56.045962, -2.778286NT51608390
Dolbadarn Castle (Details)53.1166, -4.1142SH58605980
Dolwyddelan Castle (Details)53.0526, -3.9081SH72205230
Donnington Castle (Details)51.4199, -1.3384SU46106920
Dover Castle (Details)51.1273, 1.3229TR32604170
Downton Castle50.99172, -1.743481SU18102140
Dublin Castle53.343, -6.26632
Dudley Castle (Details)52.5151, -2.0795SO94709080
Duffus Castle57.687719, -3.361356NJ18906730
Dundrum Castle54.261062, -5.8486748
Dunster Castle51.1811, -3.444SS99204330
Durham Castle (Details)54.7751, -1.5776NZ27274232
Dymock Castle51.9615, -2.421SO71302940

Embattled: Battlements with crenelations (indentations).

Embrasure: A small opening in battlements used as lookout posts

Easton Castle51.9042, 0.3375TL60802540
Eaton socon Castle52.3757, 0.3867TL62607810
Ederdover Castle57.51347, -4.36546NH58404950
Edinburgh Castle55.948966, -3.20147NT25107350
Egremont Castle54.480195, -3.529643NY00901050
Ellesmere Castle52.9055, -2.889071SJ40303460
Elmley Castle52.06107, -2.030585SO98004030
Ewloe Castle53.19993, -3.06667SJ28806750
Ewyas Harold Castle51.95336, -2.897758SO38402870
Exeter Castle50.725894, -3.529779SX92109290
Eye Castle52.32017, 1.149868TM14707370
Eynsford Castle51.37042, 0.21341TQ54106580

Forebuilding: A small defendable building on the entrance of a larger building

Faringdon Castle51.65931, -1.572036SU29709570
Farleigh Hungerford Castle (Details)51.3172, -2.2869ST80105760
Farnham Castle (Details)51.2188, -0.8029SU83704730
Flint Castle (Details)53.2513, -3.13027SJ24497338
Folkestone Castle51.09764, 1.160713TR21403790
Fotheringay Castle (Details)52.5246, -0.4361TL06209300
Framlingham Castle (Details)52.224, 1.3456TM28606370
Frome Castle52.10954, -2.483274SO67004580

Gatehouse: A tower defending an entrance

Goodrich Castle (Details)51.8761, -2.6173SO57601990
Greenwich Palace (Details)51.47694, 0TQ38007720
Grosmont Castle (Details)51.91537, -2.866SO40502440

Hoarding: Brattices or Breteche; Wooden boards fitted to top of wall used as extra protection for defenders

Haddon Castle53.19417, -1.649717SK23506640
Halton Castle53.333235, -2.6956SJ53708200
Harbottle Castle55.336662, -2.1068NT93300480
Harlech Castle (Details)52.8599, -4.11SH58043124
Hastings Castle50.85637, 0.584471TQ82000950
Haughley Castle52.223, 0.9645TM02406260
Haverfordwest Castle51.802646, -4.969796SM95301570
Hawarden Castle (Details)53.1807, -3.0198SJ31946533
Hedingham Castle (Details)51.9928, 0.6014TL78703590
Helmsey Castle54.24535, -1.063873SE61108370
Herstmonceux Castle (Details)50.8691, 0.3393TQ64701034
Hertford Castle51.79546, -0.080055TL32501250
Hever Castle51.18722, 0.11365TQ47804520
Hinton Castle51.6903, -1.457457SU37609920
Holt Castle (Details)53.0779, -2.8802SJ41135377
Hopton Castle52.395835, -2.931867SO36707790

Battlemented: Describes the top of of a wall where there are rows of rectangular teeth. This is also known as crenellated or embattled

Portcullis: A trellis-work gate that is lowered and raised in grooves in a passage

Inkberrow Castle52.21391, -1.976537SP01705730

Keep: Donjon; The defendable central part of a Norman castle. Either a Hall-keep with living quaters or a Shell-keep with open centre and walls with a sentry-walk

Kenilworth Castle (Details)52.3481, -1.5933SP27807230
Kidwelly Castle (Details)51.7396, -4.3056SN40900700
Kilpeck Castle51.9702, -2.8093SO44403050
Knaresborough Castle54.00695, -1.468993SE34905690
Knepp Castle50.975581, -0.344004TQ16302090

Ring-work: A roughly circular earthwork made from a ditch and bank

Crenellation: Notched battlements at the top of a wall

Laugharne Castle51.76915, -4.462263SN30201070
Launceston Castle (Details)50.63664, -4.36214SX33008450
Leeds Castle (Details)51.2493, 0.6294TQ83605330
Lewes Castle (Details)50.87351, 0.008484TQ41501010
Lincoln Castle (Details)53.23429, -0.540707SK97507180
Llansteffan Castle (Details)51.7661, -4.3911SN35101020
LLawhaden Castle51.822344, -4.9796
Ludgershall Castle (Details)51.26025, -1.623042SU26405130
Ludlow Castle (Details)52.36742, -2.72339SO50007400
Lulworth Castle50.63841, -2.206408SY85508210
Lydford Castle50.64379, -4.1096SX51008480
Lydney Castle51.71991, -2.55583SO61700250

Machicolations: Openings in a floor allowing missiles to be dropped on the enemy below

Malvoisin: A large mound of earth or stone built by attackers near a castle used for firing from

Malmesbury Castle51.58451, -2.098095ST93308730
Manorbier Castle (Details)51.645481, -4.799835SS06409780
Marisco Castle51.16227, -4.660081SS14104370
Marshwood Castle50.7758, -2.846651SY40409770
Middleham Castle (Details)54.28406, -1.806867SE12808770
Monmouth Castle51.81255, -2.716533SO50701290
Montacute Castle50.94929, -2.723104ST49301690

Barbican: Outer defences of a castle where attackers would be vulnerable. Normally a double tower over a bridge or gate

Forebuilding: A small defendable building on the entrance of a larger building

Neroche Castle50.93613, -3.037418ST27201570
Newark Castle (Details)53.07721, -0.812471SK79605410
Newcastle51.50912, -3.583549SS90208010
Norham Castle55.71845, -2.1598NT90604740
Norwich Castle (Details)52.62834, 1.296553TG23200850
Nottingham Castle (Details)52.94897, -1.154605SK56903940
Nunney Castle (Details)51.21079, -2.378602ST73654580

Berm: Strip of ground between the outer curtain wall and the moat

Forebuilding: A small defendable building on the entrance of a larger building

Odiham Castle (Details)51.26165, -0.960903SU72605190
Okehampton Castle50.73101, -4.007776SX58409430
Old Wardour Castle (Details)51.03611, -2.089228ST93842631
Ongar Castle51.70512, 0.247558TL55400310
Orford Castle (Details)52.09452, 1.530099TM41904990
Owston ferry Castle53.49234, -0.786607SE80600020
Oxford Castle51.75218, -1.262598SP51000620
Oystermouth Castle51.57711, -4.00263SS61308830

Peel Tower: Small fortified tower usually rectangular

Portcullis: A trellis-work gate that is lowered and raised in grooves in a passage

Painscastle52.10693, -3.217693SO16704610
Peebles Castle55.652, -3.215663NT23604050
Pembroke Castle (Details)51.67682, -4.920154SM98200160
Penard Castle51.57651, -4.102557SS54408850
Pencader Castle52.00237, -4.267SN44403620
Pendennis Castle50.14722, -5.047777SW82303190
Pendragon Castle54.41837, -2.337449NY78200260
Penrice Castle51.57521, -4.1703SS49708840
Pevensey Castle (Details)50.81941, 0.332539TQ64400480
Peveril Castle53.33999, -1.777414SK14808260
Pickering Castle54.24994, -0.775SE80008450
Piel Castle54.062217, -3.173408SD23306360
Pleshey Castle51.80342, 0.414906TL66601440
Plympton Castle50.383679, -4.048382SX54605590
Pontefract Castle (Details)53.696, -1.3048SE46002240
Portchester Castle (Details)50.8376, -1.1138SU62500460
Powerstock Castle50.76075, -2.680423SY52109590
Powis Castle52.6498, -3.161SJ21500640
Prestatyn Castle53.338498, -3.393605SJ07308330
Prudhoe Castle54.96515, -1.857839NZ09206340
Pulford Castle53.12179, -2.93537SJ37505870

Ring-work: A roughly circular earthwork made from a ditch and bank

Castle: Medieval fortification

Queenborough Castle (Details)51.41689, 0.749738TQ91307224

Rampart: A surrounding wall or raised earthwork

Ravelin: A triangular enclosure protecting an entrance to a fort

Raglan Castle (Details)51.76867, -2.851192SO41360812
Rampton Castle52.2915, 0.096759TL43106800
Reigate Castle51.23905, -0.207893TQ25205040
Restormel Castle (Details)50.42178, -4.67047SX10306140
Rhayader Castle52.3004, -3.514838SN96806800
Rhuddlan Castle (Details)53.29012, -3.466517SJ02347802
Richmond Castle (Details)54.40148, -1.735021NZ17300070
Rochester Castle (Details)51.3897, 0.502298TQ74206860
Rockingham Castle52.5136, -0.72385SP86709140
Ruthin Castle (Details)53.11197, -3.310147SJ12405800
Rye Castle50.95254, 0.73395

Shell Keep: A high circular or many sided keep built on top of a motte with domestic buildings inside

Siege tower: A timber tower sometimes with wheels that attackers used to reach the height of the castle

Scarborough Castle (Details)54.28769, -0.391571TA04808920
Sherborne Old Castle (Details)50.94955, -2.502458ST64801680
Sheriff Hutton Castle54.087774, -1.005SE65806630
Shrewsbury Castle (Details)52.71092, -2.75189SJ49301285
Skenfrith Castle (Details)51.87861, -2.790219SO45702030
Skipton Castle53.963618, -2.015731SD99005190
St. Mawes Castle50.15582, -5.02407SW84003270
Stafford Castle (Details)52.79656, -2.142926SJ90462212
Stafford Castle52.79656, -2.142926SJ90102230
Stirling Castle (Details)56.12283, -3.946983NS79069394
Stokesay Castle (Details)52.43037, -2.829469SO43708170
Stowey Castle51.14986, -3.163732ST18703960
Swerford Castle51.97803, -1.46127SP37103120

Casemate: Bomb-proof vault in a curtain wall for cannons

Dungeon: The prison

Tattershall Castle (Details)53.10252, -0.19414TF21005767
Tenby Castle51.672481, -4.694684SN13800050
Thetford Castle52.41106, 0.755303TL87508280
Tintagel Castle50.66694, -4.7575SX05208880
Tonbridge Castle51.19653, 0.272812TQ58904660
Totnes Castle (Details)50.43205, -3.69095SX80006050
Tower of London (Details)51.5076, -0.0763TQ33608050
Trematon Castle50.40043, -4.237704SX41005800
Trentham Castle52.96529, -2.200953SJ86604090
Tretower Castle51.88337, -3.186941SO18402120
Trim Castle53.55378, -6.79037
Tutbury Castle52.859568, -1.690623SK21002930

Curtain Wall: The wall around the bailey with a sentry-walk along its top

Gatehouse: A tower defending an entrance

Urquhart Castle (Details)57.3213, -4.447773NH52702829
Usk Castle51.705086, -2.90335SO37700100

Ward: An enclosure surrounded by walls. Another name for the bailey or courtyard

Walden Castle52.0254, 0.24026TL53803870
Wallingford Castle (Details)51.60287, -1.123516SU60808970
Walmer Castle51.200556, 1.401891TR37205020
Warkworth Castle (Details)55.34562, -1.612077NU24700580
Warwick Castle (Details)52.27882, -1.586617SP28306460
Weobley Castle51.61276, -4.19937SS47809270
Weobley Castle (Herefordshire)51.61276, -4.19937
White Castle (Details)51.84634, -2.901433SO38001680
Whittington Castle (Details)52.87312, -3.004296SJ32503110
Winchester Castle51.059194, -1.31018SU48302950
Windsor Castle (Details)51.48365, -0.604464SU97007700
Wisbech Castle52.66423, 0.16011TF46100950

Malvoisin: A large mound of earth or stone built by attackers near a castle used for firing from

Rampart: A surrounding wall or raised earthwork

Yielden Castle52.291632, -0.515037TL01406690
York Castle (Clifford's Tower) (Details)53.95605, -1.077984SE60605150

Number of castles: 296
Key to symbols
Remains (where known):
: Excellent
: Substantial
: Modest
: Little if any
Access (where known):
: At any time
: Limited
: No Access/Private
Castle Details
Motte and Bailey Castles
The Norman Conquerors built their castles in locations where they could keep control of the local populations of Saxons or at important locations such as river crossings or on key roads. Many motte and bailey castles were built on the border with Wales to try and keep the Welsh at bay. The advantage of this type of castle was that it was quick to construct. Making a fortification from wood was much easier than making one of stone. (more...)
 
Shell Keeps
There are two forms of shell-keep. The first type is where the structure is located on the top of the motte. The second type of shell-keep is where the keep totally encloses the motte itself so its base extends down to the ditch surrounding the motte.(more...)
 
Square Keeps
One of the most important types of building in the time of William the Conqueror and William Rufus were the Norman keeps. Although many were rebuilt in the following century there are many good examples still remaining. The White Tower in London (pictured left), Dover and Rochester in the south east, Newcastle, Appleby, Carlisle, Brough, Richmond in the north are all examples of this type of castle. Other examples include Porchester, Guilford, Goodrich, Norwich, Castle Rising, Hedingham and Colchester. (more...)
 
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