Castles and forts in Somerset
The Discover Alone map has 86 castles and forts in Somerset, 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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Water TowerCastle, fort or towerTwo towers rise above Rockwell Green like forgotten sentinels, one Victorian brick and one Art Deco concrete, both…_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94664.jpg?width=1280)
Upton farm and derelict church (only tower remains)Castle, fort or towerUpton farm and derelict church (only tower remains) is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the tower…
Tower of the Winds bird hide, Steart ReserveCastle, fort or towerTower of the Winds bird hide, Steart Reserve is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it stands as a…
Tower Farms, Dean CrossCastle, fort or towerTower Farms, Dean Cross is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the tower watched farmland while its…
The Gatehouse to Compton Castle - Compton PauncefootCastle, fort or towerThe Gatehouse to Compton Castle - Compton Pauncefoot is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it stood…_-_geograph.org.uk_-_420934.jpg?width=1280)
The Gatehouse of Compton Castle - Compton Pauncefoot (2)Castle, fort or towerThe Gatehouse of Compton Castle - Compton Pauncefoot (2) is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it…
The Bishop's PalaceCastleThe Bishop's Palace in Somerset stands as a fortified residence where sacred duty met worldly power. Bishop Ralph of…
Telecoms Tower at Lype CommonCastle, fort or towerTelecoms Tower at Lype Common is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it watched the common not for…
Taunton Castle, now County MuseumCastle, fort or towerTaunton Castle, now County Museum is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the…
Survey of Church Tower in MiddlezoyCastle, fort or towerSurvey of Church Tower in Middlezoy is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower…
Stowey CastleCastleStowey Castle stood as a Norman motte-and-bailey on a sharp knoll above Nether Stowey, built in the 11th century by…
Stogursey CastleScheduled monumentStogursey Castle began as a Norman ringwork near the Parrett, grew into a moated stone fortress for the de Curci…
Road CastleScheduled monumentRoad Castle is an Iron Age bank and ditch in Somerset, England. Its almost square perimeter encloses about 0.7 acres…
Remains of Stowey CastleCastle, fort or towerRemains of Stowey Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps stones still stand where a tower once…
Nunney CastleScheduled monumentNunney Castle is a ruined medieval fortress in Somerset, built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare with…
Norton Fitzwarren: Bronze Age enclosure, Iron Age hill fortCastle, fort or towerNorton Fitzwarren: Bronze Age enclosure, Iron Age hill fort is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps…
Maesbury CastleArchaeological placeMaesbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on the Mendip Hills where a single rampart still stands six metres high above…
Kingston St. Mary church towerCastle, fort or towerKingston St. Mary church tower is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps its stones remember more than…
From Cadbury Castle to GlastonburyCastle, fort or towerFrom Cadbury Castle to Glastonbury is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the distance between these…
Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20m north west of Castle Farm, CastleScheduled monumentFenny Castle Cross stands twenty metres north west of Castle Farm, a medieval wayside marker preserved as a scheduled…
Fenny Castle: a motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentFenny Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork in Somerset, built after the Norman Conquest of 1066 to project power…
Farleigh Hungerford CastleScheduled monumentFarleigh Hungerford Castle stands as a ruined quadrangular monument in Somerset, built by Sir Thomas Hungerford between…
Dunster Castle and Yarn MarketCastle, fort or towerDunster Castle and Yarn Market is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps stones and scaffolds still…
Daw's CastleScheduled monumentKing Alfred rebuilt the Iron Age cliff fort around 878 AD to block Viking ships entering the Bristol Channel, creating…
Cow CastleScheduled monumentCow Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on an isolated Exmoor hilltop, its single rampart rising two metres to watch the…
Cow Castle ExmoorCastle, fort or towerCow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in the River Barle valley, reached by a two-mile walk from Simonsbath. Its purpose…
Cottages at Castle HillCastle, fort or towerCottages at Castle Hill is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the cottages clustered around a…
Copse by Rook's Castle FarmCastle, fort or towerCopse by Rook's Castle Farm is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the copse hides a broken tower or…
Coombe Bottom, Nr Castle Cary SomersetCastle, fort or towerCoombe Bottom, Nr Castle Cary Somerset is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps stones still stand…
Church Tower of St Martin's Church, FiddingtonCastle, fort or towerChurch Tower of St Martin's Church, Fiddington is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it stood as a…
Church tower and almshouse, DonyattCastle, fort or towerChurch tower and almshouse, Donyatt is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the tower watched over…
Castle Reclamation, Parrett WorksCastle, fort or towerCastle Reclamation, Parrett Works is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps stones and timber rose…
Castle House and Gate CottageCastle, fort or towerCastle House and Gate Cottage is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the gate controlled entry to a…
Castle Farm, EnmoreCastle, fort or towerCastle Farm, Enmore is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps a forgotten keeper lived there, watching…
Castle Cary StationCastle, fort or towerCastle Cary Station sits one mile north of the market town, forcing travellers to walk or wait for a bus before they…
Castle Cary CemeteryCastle, fort or towerCastle Cary Cemetery in Somerset holds monumental inscriptions spanning 1897 to 1987, marking nearly a century of local…
Castle Bridge, Dulverton, SomersetCastle, fort or towerCastle Bridge, Dulverton, Somerset is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps stones crossed a chasm…
Cadbury Castle, SomersetCastle, fort or towerCadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort on a limestone summit near Yeovil, reused by Roman forces and later…
Cadbury CastleCastle, fort or towerCadbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort above South Cadbury, not a stone castle, and its four earth ramparts still rise…
Cadbury Castle from Corton HillCastle, fort or towerCadbury Castle from Corton Hill is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps people climbed Corton Hill to…
Cadbury Castle defencesCastle, fort or towerCadbury Castle defences is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the earthworks still hold the shape of….jpg?width=1280)
Cadbury Castle and associated earthworksArchaeological placeCadbury Castle and associated earthworks still stands in Somerset, its ancient ridges and ditches waiting for human….jpg?width=1280)
Bury CastleScheduled monumentBury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort and later medieval castle near Selworthy, Somerset. It stands on a steep promontory…
Bury CastleArchaeological placeBury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort and later medieval castle near Selworthy, Somerset. It stands on a narrow ridge…
Brewer's CastleScheduled monumentBrewer's Castle is an Iron Age hill fort on Hawkridge Ridge Wood near Dulverton, Somerset. Earthworks still mark the…
Brent Knoll hill fortCastle, fort or towerBrent Knoll rises above the Somerset Levels as an Iron Age fort with multiple ramparts, its earthworks still tracing…
Beckington CastleCastleBeckington Castle stands as a three-storey house with tall gables in Somerset, built in the early 17th century on the…
Bank at Castle NerocheCastle, fort or towerBank at Castle Neroche is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps the bank still holds the shape of a…
Ballands CastleScheduled monumentBallands Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Somerset, built after the conquest of 1066 to project…
The tower on St Michael's Hill, MontacuteCastle, fort or towerThe tower on St Michael's Hill, Montacute is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it watched the…
Bailey Hill, Castle CaryCastle, fort or towerBailey Hill, Castle Cary is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps soldiers marched these paths before…
Taunton Castle, SomersetCastle, fort or towerTaunton Castle, Somerset is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat of…
Mark Church towerCastle, fort or towerMark Church tower is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps stones still hold heat from hands that built…
Village of Catcott and part of church yard. From tower of St Peter's ChurchCastle, fort or towerA named place photographed at this map point in Somerset.
The tower of St. James the Less, FoxcoteCastle, fort or towerA named place photographed at this map point in Somerset.
The Creech Castle Hotel. TauntonCastle, fort or towerA named place photographed at this map point in Somerset.- Wimble Toot CastleArchaeological placeRobert of Mortain raised Wimble Toot Castle near Babcary between 1067 and 1069, turning a ridge into a watchtower over…
- Two round barrows SE of Castle of Comfort InnScheduled monumentTwo Bronze Age burial mounds still stand southeast of Castle of Comfort Inn, marking dead persons or family groups long…
- Three of the Priddy Circles and one barrow, 400m west of Castle FarmScheduled monumentThree of the Priddy Circles and one barrow, 400m west of Castle Farm, stand as a scheduled monument in Somerset…
- Taunton Castle: a motte and bailey castle, part of the outer bailey, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and a Civil War artillery platformScheduled monumentMuddy footprints in castle grass, marble chambers in a private house, castle rooms turned into a hospital ward: Taunton…