Castles and forts in East Riding of Yorkshire

The Discover Alone map has 18 castles and forts in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Below are the 18 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• Wressle CastleScheduled monumentWressle Castle rose in the 1390s as a dazzling residence for Thomas Percy, featuring corner towers and gardens rather…
• Swine Castle HillScheduled monumentSwine Castle Hill is a scheduled monument in East Riding of Yorkshire, where the land itself has become a boundary. The…
• Skipsea CastleCastleSkipsea Castle rose around 1086 when Drogo de la Beuvrière built a motte and bailey on an older Iron Age mound to guard…
• Fort PaullFortFort Paull is a pentagonal gun battery on the Humber that has watched the river since Henry VIII first put twelve guns…
• castleArchaeological placeCastle is an archaeological place in East Riding of Yorkshire, not a complete building or a named historical event. The…
• Burstwick CastleScheduled monumentBurstwick Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in the East Riding of Yorkshire, built after the conquest…
• Wressle Castle South RangeRuinsWressle Castle South Range still stands as ruins in East Riding of Yorkshire, its south wall a broken line against the…
• Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbourScheduled monumentHenry de Ferrers raised Skipsea Castle shortly after 1066, forcing Norman control into Yorkshire by building a massive…
• Roos Castle moated site and associated fishpondsScheduled monumentRoos Castle stands as a moated site with fishponds in East Riding of Yorkshire, marked as a scheduled monument. Water…
• Motte and bailey castle, fishpond and moated site north and east of Aughton churchScheduled monumentA compact castle, fishpond and moated ground still mark the earth beside Aughton church, preserving the shape of a…
• Moated site of Leconfield CastleScheduled monumentLeconfield Castle stands as a moated site in the East Riding of Yorkshire, preserved as a scheduled monument rather…
• Leconfield CastleArchaeological placeLeconfield Castle was the Tudor home of the Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland, leaving behind extensive brick…
• Hall Garth motte and bailey castle, moated site and fishpondsScheduled monumentHall Garth is a scheduled monument, a moated castle and fishponds in East Riding of Yorkshire. The official record…
• Flamborough Castle: a fortified manor houseScheduled monumentFlamborough Castle stands as a twelfth-century fortified manor on the exposed Yorkshire coast, its stone keep built to…
• Driffield CastleCastleDriffield Castle was a Norman motte and bailey fortress founded by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, and…
• Baynard CastleScheduled monumentBaynard Castle was a moated stronghold in Cottingham where King John dined in 1200 and Edward I stayed during Christmas…
• Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill FarmScheduled monumentA Bronze Age barrow stands 300m south of Castle Hill Farm, holding the dead of a people who shaped Yorkshire long…
• Moot Hill motte and bailey castle, and site of a medieval moated manorScheduled monumentMoot Hill in Yorkshire is a Norman motte and bailey castle that later became a moated manor. The mound still stands…

Other kinds of place in East Riding of Yorkshire

• Historic places
• Woods, forests and old trees
• Archaeology and monuments
• Things to do
• Memorials and graveyards
• Viewpoints and information
• Caves
• Waterfalls, wells and springs
• Beaches and strands
• Walking routes
• Wrecks and historic events
• Cliffs, bays and coast
• Mountains and hills