Castles and forts in West Northamptonshire
The Discover Alone map has 30 castles and forts in West Northamptonshire, England. Below are the 30 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Water Tower, RoadeCastle, fort or towerWater Tower, Roade is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it guarded a narrow road or…
Water Tower, Flore HillCastle, fort or towerWater Tower, Flore Hill is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it watched the valley…
Water Tower, BrafieldCastle, fort or towerWater Tower, Brafield is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet…
Water Tower at Heath FarmCastle, fort or towerWater Tower at Heath Farm is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet…
The lift tower at St James, NorthamptonCastle, fort or towerThe lift tower at St James, Northampton is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps people…
St Andrews Church Tower, Great BillingCastle, fort or towerSt Andrews Church Tower, Great Billing is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it stood…
Parkhill Farm, Castle AshbyCastle, fort or towerParkhill Farm, Castle Ashby is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps its stones still hold…
Northampton Castle, remains ofScheduled monumentMud, stone and shadow still mark the castle mound inside the town. It is not a complete palace, but a buried skeleton…
Nobottle Water TowerCastle, fort or towerNobottle Water Tower is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet watcher…
Lilbourne motte and bailey castle and fishpondScheduled monumentLilbourne motte and bailey castle and fishpond is a scheduled monument in West Northamptonshire, England. The castle…
Lilbourne CastleArchaeological placeLilbourne Castle was a timber motte and bailey built to control the Oxford Way where it crossed the Avon. Henry III…
Helmdon churchyard from the church towerCastle, fort or towerHelmdon churchyard from the church tower is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps the…
Gate House of the drive to Castle Ashby HouseCastle, fort or towerGate House of the drive to Castle Ashby House is a castle, fort or tower in West Northamptonshire, England. Perhaps it….jpg?width=1280)
Castle Ashby HouseCastleCastle Ashby House is an Elizabethan prodigy castle in Northamptonshire, rebuilt from 1574 for the Compton family and…
Bury MountCastleBury Mount is a ruined castle mound on the north-eastern edge of Towcester, built soon after the Conquest to control…- Univallate hillfort 250m south and a bowl barrow 300m south east of Castle Dykes FarmScheduled monumentUnivallate hillfort 250m south and a bowl barrow 300m south east of Castle Dykes Farm remains a scheduled monument in…
- The Castle ringwork, Berry HillScheduled monumentMosaic fact: The Castle ringwork, Berry Hill is a Norman earthwork fortification in Northamptonshire, recorded as a…
- Sibbertoft motte and bailey castle.Scheduled monumentSibbertoft motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification in Northamptonshire, England, dating to the eleventh or…
- Preston Capes motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentPreston Capes motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification in Northamptonshire, built during the eleventh or…
- Motte and bailey castle south of Lilbourne GorseScheduled monumentMotte and bailey castle south of Lilbourne Gorse is a Norman stronghold on high ground near Lilbourne, with a ten-metre…
- Moor End Castle moated site and fish pondScheduled monumentMoor End Castle belonged to Edward III, who spent nearly a thousand pounds improving it between 1363 and 1369 before…
- Clifford Hill motte castleScheduled monumentClifford Hill rises fourteen metres above the River Nene, a massive Norman earthwork guarding the old ford between…
- Castle Hill ringwork west of St James's ChurchScheduled monumentCastle Hill ringwork west of St James's Church is a scheduled monument in West Northamptonshire, England. The ringwork…
- Castle Hill ringwork, Weedon LoisScheduled monumentCastle Hill ringwork, Weedon Lois, is a sub-rectangular bank three to four metres high, built around a central area…
- Castle Dykes motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentCastle Dykes rises five metres above its ditch near Farthingstone, holding the buried bones of a stone tower inside a…
- Canons Ashby: the remains of a medieval monastery, castle, settlement and fields, post-medieval houses, gardens and park, and a series of five damsScheduled monumentCanons Ashby layers a thousand years of life beneath its gardens, preserving an Augustinian priory, motte and bailey…
- Bury Mount motte castleScheduled monumentBury Mount is a steep, 70-metre-wide earth mound built by the Crown in the late 11th century to control Towcester…
- Brackley motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentBrackley castle rose soon after 1086, using a broad earthen mound and eastern enclosure to direct the second most…
- Barby motte castleScheduled monumentBarby motte castle is the best preserved of only six known motte castles in Northamptonshire, holding a broad oval…
- Astwell Castle Farm (uninhabited portions)Scheduled monumentAstwell Castle Farm (uninhabited portions) remains a scheduled monument in West Northamptonshire, though the inhabited…