Certain |
Possible |
Questionable Doubtful |
Rejected |
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Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace |
| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Type | Remains | Apechilde | Absol Park; Absolpark; Chignal Smealy | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Beaulieu Palace, Boreham | New Hall; Convent and School of the Cannonesses of the Holy Sepulchre; Walkfares | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Berden Bishops Manor | Berdon | Palace | Nothing visible |
| Berden; The Crump | Stock Farm, Stock's Farm | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Berden; The Rookery | Cumber Hills | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Birch Castle | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Bocking Mill Hill | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Braintree Bishops Palace | Chapel Hill; Parsonage Farm | Palace | Earthworks |
| Brightlingsea | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | Brimstone Hill, Barling Magna | Brymshoo | Timber Castle Fortified Manor House |
Earthworks |
| Canfield Castle, Great Canfield | Castle Canfield | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Castle Hedingham Town Ditch | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Chipping Ongar Town Defences | Urban Defence | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Chrishall Park Wood | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Clavering Castle | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | |
| Colchester Castle | Masonry Castle | Major | |
| Colchester Town Wall | Urban Defence | Major | Copford Hall | Palace | Nothing visible | Depeden | Depden; Debden | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | Down Hall Motte | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Dunmow Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | East Ham Hall | Estham | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| East Tilbury Blockhouse, Coalhouse Point | Tylbery | Artillery Fort | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Elmdon Castle Grove | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Faulkbourne Hall | Falkbourne; Falkeburn | Fortified Manor House | Major | Gidea Hall | Gydihall by Ramford | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Grays 1 | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | |
| Grays 2 | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | |
| Great Easton Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Great Ilford Lavender Mount | Uphall Camp | Timber Castle Urban Defence |
Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Great Stambridge South Church Hall | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Hadleigh Castle | Hatheleg; Hadleg | Masonry Castle | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Harlow Mill | Latton | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Harlowbury Abbots Palace | Harlowbury House | Palace | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Harwich Castle | Herewiche | Masonry Castle | Nothing visible |
| Harwich Town Defences | Herewycz | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Harwich; The Blockhouse of the Tower | Harwich Castle, The Castle Tower | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible |
| Harwich; The Bulwark upon the Hill | Beacon Hill, Queen's Mount, Dunn Bulwark | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible |
| Harwich; The Middle House or Bulwark | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | |
| Havering Palace | Havering-atte-Bower | Palace | Nothing visible |
| Hedingham Castle | Hengham; Hedningham; Heningham; Henham | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Major | Ingatestone Hall | Ingat Stone alias Ging ad Petram; Inge Petre Hall | Fortified Manor House | Major | Kelvedon Abbots Palace | Knights Templars Terrace; Old Red Lion; The White Lion | Palace | Earthworks |
| Killegrews, Margaretting | Shenfields | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| King Johns Palace, Writtle | Writele | Palace Fortified Manor House |
Earthworks | Little Easton Moat | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Little Sampford Moat | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Magdalen Laver Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Maldon Moot Hall | Tower House | Masonry ruins/remnants | Maldon Town Walls | Maldun | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Manhale | Manhall, Emanuel Wood, Emmanuel Wood, Paddocks Wood | Fortified Manor House | Uncertain | Manningtree Town Defences | Urban Defence | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Marshalls House Motte, Romford | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Mersea Stone, East Mersea | Mersea Island, Cudmore Grove | Artillery Fort | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Mount Bures | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Mount Bures Village Enclosure | Urban Defence | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Navestock Side, Bentley | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Navestock Slades | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Netherhall, Roydon | Nether Hall | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| New Hall, High Roothing | Newhall-Jocelyn | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Newport Castle, Essex | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Nothing visible |
| Ongar Castle | Angra; Angre | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks |
| Orsett, Bishop Bonners Palace | Timber Castle Palace |
Earthworks | Pebmarsh Manor House | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | Pepper Mill Hill, Bulmer Tye | Peppermint Hill | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Pleshey Castle | The Mount; Plaisy; Pleasing; Tumblestoun; Castel de Placeto | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks |
| Pleshey Town Defences | Urban Defence | Earthworks | Plumberow Mount, Hockley | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Portingbury Hills | Beggarshall Coppice | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Prittlewell Camp | Pritwell; Fossets Mounds, Smithers Farm; The Look Out | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Purfleet | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | |
| Purleigh Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Pyrgo Palace | Pirgo Palace | Palace | Nothing visible |
| Quarkers Mount, Bannister Green | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Queen Elizabeths Hunting Lodge, Chingford | Great Standing; Great Standynge | Palace | Major |
| Rayleigh Mount | Rayleigh Castle | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks |
| Rayleigh Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | |
| Rickling Hall Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Rowley Hill, Sturmer | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Saffron Walden Castle | Masonry Castle | Masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Saffron Walden Town Defences | Repell Ditches, Battle Ditches; Magnum Fossatum | Urban Defence | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Sheering Hall Ringwork | Timber Castle | Earthworks | St Anns, Great Leighs | St Annes; Leigh | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| St Osyth Blockhouse | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | |
| St Osyth Seigework | Siege Work | Uncertain | Stansted Hall, Essex | Stanstede | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Nothing visible |
| Stansted Mountfitchet Castle | Stansted Mount Fitchet | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks |
| Stebbing; The Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Steeple | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Terling Place | Ringers Farmhouse | Palace | Nothing visible | Thorndon Old Hall, West Horndon | West Thorndon | Fortified Manor House | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Tilbury Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Waltham Abbey | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Masonry ruins/remnants | Wanstead House | Wanstead Hall | Palace | Nothing visible |
| West Tilbury Blockhouse, Tilbury Fort | The Hermitage Bulwark; Thermitage Bullwark; Johnes Bulwark; Tylbery | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | Wickham Bishops Bishops Palace | Palace | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Willingale Doe | Willingdale; Torrells Hall | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Witham Blunts Hall | Timber Castle Fortified Manor House |
Earthworks | Witham Town Defences | Wulverford; Burgate Field; Rivenhall End; Chippinghill; Clipping Hill Camp | Urban Defence | Uncertain |