Castles and forts in West Oxfordshire
The Discover Alone map has 15 castles and forts in West Oxfordshire, England. Below are the 15 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Swerford CastleScheduled monumentSwerford Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in West Oxfordshire, built after the conquest of 1066. Its…
Sturdy's Castle Public HouseCastle, fort or towerSturdy's Castle Public House occupies a castle, fort or tower form in West Oxfordshire, England. It stands beside…
Killingworth Castle, WoottonCastle, fort or towerKillingworth Castle, Wootton is a castle, fort or tower in West Oxfordshire, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the…
Glympton ParkCastleGlympton Park still stands as a castle in West Oxfordshire, though no surviving chamber or garden edge is certain…
Gable end 96 Tower Hill WitneyCastle, fort or towerGable end 96 Tower Hill Witney is a castle, fort or tower in West Oxfordshire, England. Perhaps its stones held warmth…
Driveway to Crow's CastleCastle, fort or towerDriveway to Crow's Castle is a castle, fort or tower in West Oxfordshire, England. Perhaps the driveway itself is the…
Chipping Norton CastleArchaeological placeChipping Norton Castle is a Norman motte and bailey where earth resistance has revealed hidden stone walls and a…
Ascott Earl motte and bailey castleScheduled monumentAscott Earl motte and bailey castle stands as a grassy mound above the River Evenlode, preserving a medieval fortress…
R.A.F. Bampton CastleCastle, fort or towerR.A.F. Bampton Castle is a castle, fort or tower in West Oxfordshire, England. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower for the…- Minster Lovell Hall and DovecotCastleMinster Lovell Hall and Dovecot stands in West Oxfordshire, England, marked as a castle on the public map. The dovecote…
- Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels ChurchScheduled monumentLeafield Barrow is a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church, marked as a scheduled monument…
- Fragment of Ascott d'Oyley CastleArchaeological placeAscott d'Oyley Castle survives only as a buried fragment in West Oxfordshire, hiding the shape of a building that once…
- Chipping Norton motte and bailey castle, and fishpondScheduled monumentChipping Norton castle, built after the Norman Conquest of 1066, is a motte and bailey earthwork beside a fishpond. The…
- Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworksScheduled monumentAscott d'Oyley is a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle in West Oxfordshire, built by the d'Oyley family to project…
- KnollburyFortKnollbury is a fort in West Oxfordshire, England. Perhaps soldiers marched there under a bruised sky, their boots…