Castles and forts in Lancaster
The Discover Alone map has 14 castles and forts in Lancaster, England. Below are the 12 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Castle StedeFortCastle Stede stands as a fort in Lancaster, England, marking the edge of a town that has long watched the sea and…
Castle HillRuinsCastle Hill in Lancaster holds buried Roman forts, a military harbour, a temple and later monastery before becoming…- Whittington motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentWhittington motte and bailey castle stands in Lancaster, England, recorded as a scheduled monument though its…
- Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle HillScheduled monumentCastle Hill in Lancaster holds a Roman fort, its vicus, a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory, proving that…
- Motte and BaileyCastleMotte and Bailey is a castle in Lancaster, England. Perhaps its name is the shape, a high mound beside a flat yard, the…
- Castle Stede motte and bailey, HornbyScheduled monumentCastle Stede motte and bailey, Hornby stands as a scheduled monument in Lancaster, England. The earthwork preserves the…
- Castle Hill prehistoric defended enclosureScheduled monumentCastle Hill prehistoric defended enclosure in Lancaster, England, still casts a shadow across the land, though no human…
- Castle Hill motteArchaeological placeCastle Hill motte is an archaeological place in Lancaster, England, where a mound still marks the hill beneath the…
- Castle Hill motte, DolphinholmeScheduled monumentDolphinholme’s castle hill remains a scheduled monument in Lancaster, though the mound itself may have lost more shape…
- Castle Hill motte and bailey, HaltonScheduled monumentCastle Hill in Halton, Lancaster, still carries the buried shape of a motte and bailey, though no standing wall or gate…
- Beaumont Cote ManorCastleBeaumont Cote Manor stands in Lancaster as a castle on public maps, yet its roots may reach back to a Furness Abbey…
- Castle Mound motte and bailey, MellingScheduled monumentCastle Mound in Melling, Lancaster is a motte and bailey, not a fantasy castle. A tall mound and surrounding ditch mark…