Castles and forts in Bedford
The Discover Alone map has 13 castles and forts in Bedford, England. Below are the 13 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Reaching For The Centre Of Bedford CastleCastle, fort or towerReaching For The Centre Of Bedford Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Bedford, England. Perhaps its stones still hold…
Castle Mill Sluice GatesCastle, fort or towerCastle Mill Sluice Gates is a castle, fort or tower in Bedford, England. Perhaps water flowed through bronze gates…
Castle HillArchaeological placeCastle Hill is an archaeological place in Bedford, England, where buried layers still hold the shapes of hands that…
Bedford CastleArchaeological placeBedford Castle was a large medieval fortress built after 1100 by Henry I inside the town, forcing older Anglo-Saxon…
Water TowerCastle, fort or towerMnemo knows the tower at Ravensden because it is still standing in Bedford. It is not a distant castle or a lost myth.…- Yielden Castle: a motte and bailey castle, fishponds and associated enclosuresScheduled monumentYielden Castle stands as a scheduled monument in Bedford, England, preserving a motte and bailey layout with fishponds…
- Moated site with garden earthworks at Bletsoe CastleScheduled monumentJohn Pateshull received royal permission to fortify his Bletsoe manor in 1327, creating a massive defensive ring around…
- Moated site in Castle CloseScheduled monumentCastle Close in Bedford holds a scheduled monument called a moated site, though no grand castle stands above it now.…
- Medieval lime kiln off Castle Lane, BedfordScheduled monumentMud and fire built Bedford. Men dug chalk from somewhere near, heated it until it hissed and turned white, then carried…
- Bury Hill Camp: a motte and bailey castle with three fishpondsScheduled monumentMud, muscle and marrow: Bury Hill Camp is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Bedfordshire, built after the 1066…
- Bedford Castle ruins (part)Archaeological placeBedford Castle ruins (part) is an archaeological place in Bedford, England, where forgotten stone still belongs to the…
- Bedford Castle motte and baileyScheduled monumentBedford Castle motte and bailey stands as a scheduled monument in Bedford, England, marked only by a saved point rather…
- Motte castle in Exeter Wood, 780m south east of Wood FarmScheduled monumentExeter Wood still hides a motte castle, though distance and time have blurred its edges. The land may have worn smooth…