Castles and forts in Herefordshire
The Discover Alone map has 65 castles and forts in Herefordshire, England. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Wilton CastleScheduled monumentWilton Castle is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire where Norman stone replaced an earlier earthwork to control the…
Wigmore CastleScheduled monumentWigmore Castle rose from waste ground near a mere after the Norman Conquest, probably around 1070, when William…
Weobley CastleScheduled monumentKing John, suspicious of loyalty, seized the land and handed it to William de Braose, whose father-in-law Walter de…
Urishay CastleArchaeological placeUrishay Castle Chapel stands inside the castle bailey near Peterchurch, holding the distinction of being…
Stapleton CastleScheduled monumentStapleton Castle survives in Herefordshire as a scheduled monument, though its visible shape and exact history have…
Snodhill CastleScheduled monumentSnodhill Castle rose in west Herefordshire as a stone border guard against Welsh princes, its early keep buried beneath…
Penyard CastleScheduled monumentPenyard Castle is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire where a fourteenth-century undercroft still holds chamfered…
Mouse motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentMouse motte and bailey castle stands in Herefordshire as a scheduled monument, preserving the earthworks of a fortress…
Motte castle with associated courtyard and mill leat, 130m NW of Chanstone MillScheduled monumentMotte castle with associated courtyard and mill leat, 130m NW of Chanstone Mill stands as a scheduled monument in…
Motte castle 230m north west of Nant-y-barScheduled monumentMotte castle 230m north west of Nant-y-bar is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, England. The earthwork still…
Motte castle and associated occupation and agricultural remains at Mynydd-BrithScheduled monumentMotte castle and associated occupation and agricultural remains at Mynydd-Brith stands as a scheduled monument in…
Motte and bailey, N of Old CastletonScheduled monumentMotte and bailey, N of Old Castleton is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, England, where a raised mound and…
Lyonshall CastleScheduled monumentMuddy water still fills the moat around Lyonshall Castle, where a thick circular keep rises from its wooden mound like…
Longtown CastleRuinsRoman pottery and charcoal date Longtown Castle to a first-century fort built during the Silures resistance, making it…
Lingen CastleScheduled monumentMortimer-controlled Lingen Castle still stands as a circular motte and western bailey beside the church, marking a…
Kingsland CastleScheduled monumentKingsland Castle is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire where an octagonal keep and angle towers still press through…
Huntington CastleScheduled monumentHuntington Castle rose on a steep border ridge where English and Welsh fates collided, surviving de Braose blood, de…
Hereford CastleScheduled monumentCastle Green is the flat, green scar left by Hereford Castle, one of only four known castles in England that date from…
Goodrich CastleScheduled monumentGoodrich Castle is a Norman concentric castle ruin on a rocky sandstone outcrop above the River Wye in Herefordshire…
Ewyas Harold CastleRuinsEwyas Harold Castle is one of only four pre-Conquest castles in England, a massive stone-and-clay motte rising thirteen…
Eardisley CastleScheduled monumentEardisley Castle was a fortified house recorded in the Domesday Survey, guarding the Welsh border road into…
Clifford CastleScheduled monumentClifford Castle rose on waste ground seized from a former sheriff, built by William fitzOsbern between 1067 and 1071 to…
Castle TwtsScheduled monumentCastle Twts is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, but the provided facts describe several other local mounds rather….jpg?width=1280)
Castle moundScheduled monumentCastle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Llanigon, built after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England and…
Castle Frome CastleScheduled monumentCastle Frome Castle stands in Herefordshire as a scheduled monument, marked only by a point on the official list rather…
Caple Tump, a motte castle 175m south west of Caple CourtScheduled monumentCaple Tump is a motte castle 175m south west of Caple Court, now a scheduled monument in Herefordshire. Earth and…
Bronsil CastleScheduled monumentWater still moves through the widest moat in Herefordshire, beside a gatehouse that lost most of its height in a single…
Bredwardine CastleScheduled monumentBredwardine Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress on the River Wye in Herefordshire, built after 1066 to control….jpg?width=1280)
Brampton Bryan castleScheduled monumentBrampton Bryan castle guarded the narrowing Teme Valley route into Wales from at least 1295, when Bryan de Brampton…
Bishops PalaceCastleBishops Palace stands in Herefordshire as a castle, though no surviving chamber or garden is certain. It may have been…
Ashperton CastleScheduled monumentAshperton Castle is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire whose buried shape still breaches the soil as a circular…
Almeley CastleScheduled monumentAlmeley Castle is a grass-grown motte and bailey south-west of the village church in Herefordshire, built during the…- Turret CastleScheduled monumentHalf a mile east of the Huntington church, a broad circular mound still rises nine metres above its ditch at the foot…
- St Weonard's Tump, a motte castle in St Weonard's villageScheduled monumentSt Weonard's Tump is a motte castle in St Weonard's village, Herefordshire, England. It is a scheduled monument, though…
- Shobdon Castle moundScheduled monumentShobdon Castle mound stands as a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, its earthworks preserved though their exact…
- Richard's Castle: a motte and bailey with an enclosed settlement.Scheduled monumentRichard's Castle in Herefordshire stands as a motte and bailey beside an enclosed settlement, marked as a scheduled…
- Pont-Hendre castle moundScheduled monumentPont-Hendre castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork in Herefordshire, built during the late eleventh or…
- Pembridge Castle (uninhabited parts)Scheduled monumentPembridge Castle (uninhabited parts) in Herefordshire, England, stands as a scheduled monument, marking a place where…
- Motte castle 280m south of New Buildings FarmScheduled monumentMotte castle 280m south of New Buildings Farm remains a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, though no visible…
- Motte castle 300m north east of Combe HouseScheduled monumentMotte castle 300m north east of Combe House is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, England. The earthwork stands as…
- Motte castle 178m WSW of Walford BridgeScheduled monumentMotte castle 178m WSW of Walford Bridge is a substantial Norman earthwork in Herefordshire, built after the conquest to…
- Motte castle 100m north east of Howton FarmScheduled monumentMotte castle 100m north east of Howton Farm is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, England. The earthwork still…
- Motte castle 150m north east of ButthouseScheduled monumentMotte castle 150m north east of Butthouse is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, England. The earthworks still mark…
- Motte castle 150m east of Tump House FarmScheduled monumentMotte castle 150m east of Tump House Farm is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, England. The earthworks still mark…
- Motte castle, chapel, post-medieval house and garden remains east of Urishay Castle FarmScheduled monumentUrishay Castle Farm stands beside a Norman motte built during the eleventh or twelfth century. The earthwork still…
- Motte castle at Upper BucktonScheduled monumentMotte castle at Upper Buckton stands as a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, marked only by a point on an official…
- Motte at Tregate Castle FarmScheduled monumentMotte at Tregate Castle Farm stands as a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, marking a hilltop where human hands…
- Motte and bailey castle 200yds (180m) SW of Newcourt FarmScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle 200yds (180m) SW of Newcourt Farm remains a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, though no date…
- Motte and bailey castle 100m south east of Bell FarmScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle 100m south east of Bell Farm is a Norman earthwork where a raised mound still stands beside its…
- Motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle stands one hundred metres south east of Bell Farm in Herefordshire, preserving a Norman…
- Motte and bailey castle and St Mary's Old ChurchScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle and St Mary's Old Church stand together in Herefordshire, marked as a scheduled monument on the…
- Motte and bailey castle and alien priory immediately south of Castle LandsScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle and alien priory immediately south of Castle Lands is a Norman military and religious complex…
- Mortimer's Castle N and E of St Bartholomew's ChurchScheduled monumentMortimer's Castle N and E of St Bartholomew's Church stands as a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, marking a lost…
- Moccas CastleCastleMoccas Castle in Herefordshire is a ploughed-out oval court with a tiny motte that likely never carried stone walls…
- Kilpeck Castle and ancient villageScheduled monumentKilpeck Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Herefordshire, built in the late eleventh or early twelfth…
- Downton motte, a motte castle 100m north west of St Giles' ChurchScheduled monumentDownton motte, a castle mound 100m north west of St Giles' Church, still stands as a scheduled monument in…
- Cusop CastleCastleCusop Castle is a broken ringwork above the Wye Valley where the Cianowes or Clarowes family may have held land from…
- Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill FarmScheduled monumentCothill Tump is a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm in Herefordshire, England, listed as a scheduled…
- Castle mound W of Court FarmScheduled monumentCastle mound W of Court Farm is a scheduled monument in Herefordshire, marked only by a point on the official list…
- Castle mound in Camp WoodScheduled monumentMounds and ditches still mark the camp beneath the trees. The shape is not a vague claim but a visible fact: a castle…