Castles and forts in Shropshire
The Discover Alone map has 120 castles and forts in Shropshire, 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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Wollaston motte and bailey castle immediately west of St John's ChurchScheduled monumentWollaston motte and bailey castle stands immediately west of St John's Church in Shropshire, a scheduled monument…
Whittington CastleScheduled monumentWhittington Castle stands in northern Shropshire as a ruined boundary marker where English and Welsh claims collided…
Wem Castle: a motte castle immediately south west of St Peter and St Paul's ChurchScheduled monumentWem Castle is a motte castle immediately south west of St Peter and St Paul's Church in Shropshire. It is a scheduled…
Wattlesborough CastleCastleWattlesborough Castle is a ruined 13th-century tower house in Shropshire, England, where the Leighton family lived from…
Stokesay CastleScheduled monumentStokesay Castle is a walled, moated manor house built around 1285 by the wool merchant Laurence of Ludlow, and it still…
Shrewsbury CastleScheduled monumentShrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone fortress built beside the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Roger de Montgomery…
Ritton CastleCastleRitton Castle is a castle in Shropshire, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them…
Pan Castle: a motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentPan Castle stands in Shropshire as a scheduled monument, preserving the earthworks of a motte and bailey castle from…
Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ ChurchScheduled monumentOswestry Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress immediately north east of Christ Church, built after the conquest…
Oswestry CastleCastleOswestry Castle rose on a twelve-metre motte in 1086, serving as a brutal border knife that hacked through Welsh and…
Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of LagdenScheduled monumentMotte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden is a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The earthwork stands as…
Motte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down FarmScheduled monumentMotte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down Farm stands as a scheduled monument in…
Motte and bailey castle immediately south west of The MoatScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle immediately south west of The Moat stands as a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The…
Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton MillScheduled monumentOffa's Dyke and a motte and bailey castle still stand beside Brompton Mill in Shropshire. The earthworks mark a border…
Moreton Corbet CastleScheduled monumentMoreton Corbet Castle is a ruined medieval stronghold and Elizabethan manor house near Moreton Corbet, Shropshire…
Ludlow CastleScheduled monumentLudlow Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Shropshire, built around 1075 by Walter de Lacy and later expanded…
Hopton CastleCastleHopton Castle stands as a ruined keep in Shropshire, marked by a Civil War story where Parliament soldiers surrendered…
Holdgate Castle motte and bailey castle and garden remains at Hall FarmScheduled monumentHoldgate Castle is a Norman motte and bailey at Hall Farm in Shropshire, dating to the eleventh or twelfth century. Its…
Holdgate CastleArchaeological placeHoldgate Castle is a Norman motte and bailey in Shropshire where a church and a small college of secular clergy…
Ellesmere Castle: a motte and bailey castle 200m south west of St Mary's ChurchScheduled monumentEllesmere Castle stands as a scheduled monument 200m south west of St Mary's Church, marking the quiet centre of a…
Clungunford motte castle 90m north east of St Cuthbert's ChurchScheduled monumentClungunford motte castle stands 90m north east of St Cuthbert's Church in Shropshire, recorded as a scheduled monument.…
Clun CastleCastleClun Castle is a medieval ruin perched on a river bend in Shropshire, built by Robert de Say after the Norman invasion…
Caus CastleRuinsCaus Castle stands as a ruined Norman motte and bailey on the eastern foothills of the Long Mountain, guarding the…
Castle Ring FortArchaeological placeCastle Ring Fort stands in Shropshire, England, a buried anchor in the county's skin. Its ring shape suggests people…
Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook CottageScheduled monumentCastle Pulverbatch is a Norman motte and bailey castle from the 11th or 12th century, preserving the defensive and…
Bryn Amlwg CastleArchaeological placeBryn Amlwg Castle stood on a prominent hill near the England-Wales border during the 12th and 13th centuries, using…
Broncroft CastleCastleBroncroft Castle on the Clee Hills near Tugford is a rare inhabited Shropshire castle whose two surviving towers still…
Bridgnorth CastleScheduled monumentBridgnorth Castle rose in 1101 when Robert de Belleme claimed the Shrewsbury earldom, forcing King Henry I to seize the…
Alberbury Castle: tower keep castle 70m south west of the Church of St Michael and All AngelsScheduled monumentAlberbury Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork set seventy metres south-west of the Church of St Michael and…
Alberbury CastleRuinsAlberbury Castle is a ruined red sandstone stronghold built in the thirteenth century by Fulk FitzWarin to block Welsh…
Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley HallScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall is a Norman fortification in Shropshire, England. It is a…
Sundorne CastleCastleSundorne Castle is a castle in Shropshire, England. Perhaps its walls still hold the shape of hands that built them.…
Ruyton Castle ruinsRuinsRuyton Castle ruins is a ruins in Shropshire, England. Perhaps stones still stand where a tower once caught wind. Maybe…
Shrawardine CastleRuinsShrawardine Castle is a ruined fortress in Shropshire, England. Its lost walls may have guarded a narrow valley, while…- Wem Castle MotteArchaeological placeWem Castle Motte is an archaeological place in Shropshire, England, where a buried ridge still catches the eye before…
- Wattlesborough Castle (uninhabited parts)Scheduled monumentWattlesborough Castle (uninhabited parts) stands in Shropshire as a scheduled monument, marking a place old enough to…
- Wat's Dyke:80m long section and adjacent cultivation terraces 540m east of Oswestry CastleScheduled monumentWat's Dyke is a scheduled monument in Shropshire, an 80m section and adjacent cultivation terraces 540m east of…
- Tower keep castle immediately west of St John the Baptist's ChurchScheduled monumentTower keep castle immediately west of St John the Baptist's Church stands in Shropshire as a scheduled monument, marked…
- Tower keep castle at Lower LeaScheduled monumentTower keep castle at Lower Lea stands as a scheduled monument in Shropshire, its identity preserved though its visible…
- The Mount motte and bailey castle, 120m north east of Hill House FarmScheduled monumentMud, muscle and marrow built The Mount moments after the Norman conquest, lifting a military shadow above Shropshire…
- Small enclosed settlement on Castle Idris, 400m south west of Penrhiew LodgeScheduled monumentCastle Idris still holds a small earthwork enclosure on its ridge, marking a place where people clustered before…
- Site of Whitchurch CastleArchaeological placeWhitchurch Castle has vanished into Shropshire soil, leaving behind a ghost outline instead of stone walls. The ground…
- Shrawardine castle and settlement remainsScheduled monumentShrawardine castle and settlement remains in Shropshire, England is a scheduled monument, though the official listing…
- Ritton Castle: a slight univallate hillfort and a ringwork and bailey castleScheduled monumentRitton Castle in Shropshire, England, is a slight univallate hillfort and a ringwork and bailey castle, yet the…
- Ringwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's ChurchScheduled monumentRingwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's Church, Shropshire, England is a scheduled monument. The…
- Ringwork and bailey castle 390m west of Buntingsdale HallScheduled monumentRingwork and bailey castle 390m west of Buntingsdale Hall stands as a scheduled monument in Shropshire. The earthworks…
- Ringwork and bailey castle 350m south west of LyndaleScheduled monumentRingwork and bailey castle 350m south west of Lyndale, Shropshire, is a scheduled monument on the National Heritage…
- Ringwork and bailey castle 100m north east of Heath FarmScheduled monumentRingwork and bailey castle 100m north east of Heath Farm, Shropshire: an old defensible earthwork preserved as a…
- Panpudding Hill: a ringwork and bailey castle 100m south of Bridgnorth StationScheduled monumentPanpudding Hill is a ringwork and bailey castle 100m south of Bridgnorth Station in Shropshire, England. The National…
- Myddle Castle immediately south of Castle FarmScheduled monumentMyddle Castle stands immediately south of Castle Farm as a scheduled monument in Shropshire, though no public gate or…
- Motte 50m south east of St Martin's Church: part of a motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentFifty metres south east of St Martin's Church, a buried motte still holds the shape of a lost castle. Shropshire rain…
- Motte castle 220m north west of Higher Kempley Farm, WillastonScheduled monumentMotte castle 220m north west of Higher Kempley Farm, Willaston is a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The…
- Motte castle 200m south west of BretchelScheduled monumentMotte castle 200m south west of Bretchel is a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The earthwork still stands…
- Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton HallScheduled monumentMotte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall stands as a scheduled monument in Shropshire, marked only by a point taken…
- Motte castle 100m south west of Lady House FarmScheduled monumentA hundred metres south west of Lady House Farm, a Norman earthwork still stands as a scheduled monument. Built during…
- Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton HallScheduled monumentMotte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall is a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The earthwork still stands a…
- Motte castle 100m north of The Hall, SandfordScheduled monumentMotte castle 100m north of The Hall, Sandford is a scheduled monument, meaning the land itself is recognised as worthy…
- Motte castle 140m south east of Wilcot HallScheduled monumentMotte castle 140m south east of Wilcot Hall stands as a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The earthwork still…
- Motte castle on the north bank of Crose Mere, 730m south west of Whattal FarmScheduled monumentMotte castle on the north bank of Crose Mere stands as a scheduled monument in Shropshire, England. The earthworks…
- Motte Castle MoundCastleMotte Castle Mound is a castle in Shropshire, England. Perhaps a forgotten knight built the mound to watch the valley…