OTHER CASTLES
These will be added to the main database in due course as I find out more information about them.
| Castle | County | Details |
|---|---|---|
| ABEREINION | Ceredigion | Welsh motte & bailey c.1156 captured in 1158. Private. |
| AMROTH | Dyfed | Originally a motte with a wooden bailey, later rebuilt as a small 12th century stone castle. Part of the 14th century gateway remains. Private |
| BAGLAN | Glamorgan | Welsh fortification of unknown history, probably 13th century. Only earthworks and part of a tower remain. Private. |
| BAGWORTH | Open. |
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| BELLISTER PELE TOWER | Northumbria | Ruined tower. National Trust. |
| BISHOP'S PALACE, WELLS | Somerset | Fortified and moated palace. |
| BLAENPORTH | Ceredigion | A minor motte and bailey castle destroyed by the Welsh in 1215. |
| BODYDDON | Welsh motte & bailey castle destroyed in 1257. Overgrown earthworks remain. Private. | |
| BOTHAL | Northumbria | A mid 14th century castle with a large gatehouse near Morpeth that has been restored. Private. |
| CAERGWRLE | Flintshire | The castle was built in c.1277 by Welsh allied to English on a hill above the river. It was destroyed by fire in 1283 and abandoned before completion - the west side of the cliff was never built. Now in ruins but part of the tower and curtain wall still stand. |
| CANDLESTON | South Glamorgan | A 15th century fortified manor house which was probably built on site of earlier wooden castle. Open all year . |
| CARN FADRYN | Gwynedd | A ruined Welsh castle dating from 1188, set 1200 foot high up on a rocky crag. Open. |
| CARNDOCHAN | Gwynedd | Earthworks and some masonry remains from a Welsh early 13th century castle on top of a mountain ridge. Private. |
| CASTELL BOLAN | Glamorgan | A small motte only remains. Private. |
| CASTELL PRYSOR | A badly ruined motte & bailey castle, possibly 12th century and Welsh built. Open. | |
| CASTELL MEREDYDD | Newport | Early 13th century Welsh castle captured in 1236 and built up in stone. Earthworks and tumbled stone only remain. Private. |
| CASTELL NOS | Swansea | Early 13th century Welsh timber castle on rocky outcrop. Little now remains. Open. |
| CEREINION | 1156 Welsh motte castle destroyed in 1166. Remains of motte only. Private. | |
| CHARTLEY | Staffordshire | Ruins of a large castle with a cylindrical tower surrounded by a towered curtain wall. The sonework dates from the early 13th century. Private. By A518 near Stowe by Chartley |
| CHIPCHASE TOWER | Northumbria | 4 storey tower built in 1350 on the left bank of North Tyne, 10 miles north of Hexham |
| CYMER | Gwynedd | A Welsh castle built in 1116 but burnt down soon after building. Only the motte remains. Private. |
| CYNFAEL | Gwynedd | A Welsh timber castle built 1147 that was burnt down within a few years. Private. |
| DEUDRAETH | Gwynedd | Built by the Welsh in 1188 on a rocky outcrop. It was demolished in 1860 and little remains. Open. |
| DILSTON | Northumbria | A small tower keep from early 15th century. Private. |
| DINAS EMRYS | Gwynedd | An end 12th/early 13th century Welsh stone keep on the site of Roman fort. Only the foundations remain. Private. |
| DINEFWR | A new castle was built in 1856 after the old Welsh 12/13th century structure was damaged by fire in the 18th century. Yhe round keep remains. Will be opened to the public. | |
| GELLIGAER | Glamorgan | A tree covered motte probably late12th century near the site of a Roman fort. Open. |
| HAGGERSTON | Northumbria | A single tall tower remains from a fortified manor house, date unknown. In grounds of caravan site.By A1, south of Berwick. |
| LLANGADOG | Ceredigion | Early 13th century motte is still visible. |
| LLANRHYSTUD | Ceredigion | Timber Welsh 1149 castle destroyed by fire in 1151. Only earthworks remain. Private. |
| MITFORD | Northumbria | Early Norman motte from about 1100 near Morpeth which is now in ruins. It had an unusual five sided keep. Open. |
| MORGRAIG | South Glamorgan | A substantial Welsh castle from 1264 which may never have been completed. Now ruined. Private. |
| MORLAIS | Mid Glamorgan | Late 13th century (1287) originally with 6 towers. Little remains above ground but vaulted basement is well preserved. |
| MORPETH | Northumbria | The gatehouse of one of the original two castles in Morpeth is all that remains of the fortifications. It has now been converted into a private residence. |
| NEW CASTLE | The Norman gateway and a piece of wall remain dating back to1104. The rectangular keep was built in 1172-77. Near Bridgend. | |
| PENCADER | Ceredigion | A grassy mound remains from a motte and bailey castle built in 1146. |
| PENTILOE | Devon | 10 miles NW of Plymouth, Paynters Cross |
| RHAYADER | Powys | Welsh built in 1177 and destroyed at the end of the 12th century. |
| SANDALL MAGNA | 1157, but the remaining stone is early 14th century. Slighted in 1646. I mile south of Wakefield | |
| SEATON DELAVEL | Northumbria | Only the chapel remains, the Norman castle having been replaced by a new building. Off A192, 6 miles north of North Shields |
| SENTENCE | Pembrokeshire | Only the motte remains. |
| SLEAFORD | Lincolnshire | 12th century, a few earthworks only are visible. Off A12, south of Lincoln. |
| ST CLEARS | Ceredigion | Earthwork fortification from 1153 destroyed three times in 12th/13th century. |
| ST DONAT'S | South Glamorgan | Built in 1300. The Elizabethan Great Hall was restored in 1925. Open June - July. |
| ST QUENTINS | South Glamorgan | Early 14th century but probably never finished. Ruins now overgrown. Private. |
| THIRWALL | Ruin of a mid 14th century tower-house, built with a tower at each corner. Open. | |
| TOMEN Y RHODWYDD | Denbigh | Motte & bailey castle built in 1149 by the Welsh and burnt down in 1157. Earthworks only remain. Private. |
| TREFILAN | Ceredigion | Welsh built castle of 1233 with large motte. Burnt down 1282. Private. |
| WHORLTON | Only a 1300 gatehouse remains near Swainbury. Private. | |
| WOODSFORD | Dorset | Fortified
manor house. Private |
| YSTRADMEURIG | Ceredigion | Norman motte & bailey from 1110. Captured at least 4 times before demolished in 1208. Second castle dates from 1250. Earthworks only remain. Private. |