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 | Acton Bank | Hoddenton; Acton Farm | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Acton Burnell Castle | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Major | Acton Scott Tower | Pele Tower | Nothing visible |
| Adderley Castle Hill | Ethelreds Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Alberbury Castle | Abberbury; Fitzwarine Tower | Masonry Castle | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Albright Hussey | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | |
| Alveley Castle placenames | Romsley | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Amaston Heath Farm | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Anchor | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Apley Castle | Appeleye | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | Aston Botterell Ringwork | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Aston Eyre Manor | Fortified Manor House | Major | Aston Rogers Pond House | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Bank Farm Mound | Newbold | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Bedstone Castle Ditches | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Belan Bank, Kinnerley | Kinardsley; Kinardesley; Kinardsle; Edgerley; Eggelawe | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Bicton Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Bicton; The Isle | Rossal Castle | Timber Castle Fortified Manor House |
Earthworks | Binweston | Bynweston; Bing Weston | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Bishops Castle | Lydbury Castle; Lydbury North; Lydney North; Lindeberinort; Ledebir; Newcastle; Y Trefysgob; Bissopes | Timber Castle Masonry Castle Palace |
Masonry footings | Blakemere Moat | Black Mere; Blackmere; Black Park; Whitchurch; Whitecherche | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Bretchel; The Beacon | Timber Castle | Uncertain | |
| Bridgnorth Castle | Bridgenorth; Brug; Bruges; Burgh; Bridgemouth | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Bridgnorth Town Defences | Bridgenorth; Burgh; Cow Gate; Listley Gate; North Gate; West Gate; Hungary Gate; St Marys Gate; Whitburn Gate; Barrier Gate | Urban Defence | Masonry footings |
| Broadward Hall | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Broadward Hall no2 | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Brockhurst Castle, Church Stretton | Brocards; Strettondale; Stratton | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| Brockton Castle Mound | Brocton | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Bromfield | Timber Castle | Masonry footings |
| Bromlow Castle Mound | Village Farm | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Brompton Mill Castle Mound | Brompton Hall; Brompton and Rhiston | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Broncroft Castle | Braincroft; Bramcroft; Bromcroft; Brancroft | Fortified Manor House | Major |
| Brow Castle, Westbury | Brough Castle; Lower Newton Farm | Uncertain | Earthworks | Broymeron | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Bryn y Castell, Gobowen | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Bucknell Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Burf Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Burford House | Fortified Manor House | Masonry footings | Callow Castle | Callow Hill; Hogstow | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | Cans | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Castell Brogyntyn | Selattyn | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Castell Hithoet | Hychoet; Castell Coch | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Castle Bryn Amlwg | Amting; Bryn Amlwc; Bettws y Crwyn; Cefn Fron; ?Ruffin; ?Hithoet | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| Castle Place | Toppings Castle | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Castle Pulverbatch | Purrebech; Pounderback; Pulrebach | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Castle Rough | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Caus Castle | Cause; Caurs; Chaus; Caws; Caurse; Alretone; Auretone; Averetone | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry footings |
| Caus Town Defenses | Cause; Caurs; Chaus; Caws | Urban Defence | Earthworks |
| Caynham Camp | Caynham Castle; Kainsham; Kensham; Kaynham; Caiholme | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Charlton Castle | Chorlton; Cherleton; Chorleton Castel on Terne; Cherlton | Masonry Castle | Masonry footings | Charlton House, Shrewsbury | Charlton Hall | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Cheney Longville Castle | Cheyney Longville; Longefeld | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Cheney Longville Castle Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Chesterton Walls | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Cheswardine Castle | Fortified Manor House | Masonry footings | |
| Cheswardine Castle Mound | Castle Ditches | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Chirbury Kings Orchard | Timber Castle Urban Defence |
Earthworks | Chirbury Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Church Preen Castleyard | Timber Castle | Uncertain | Cleobury Mortimer Castle Ditches | castle of the Mortimers | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| Cleobury Mortimer Castle Toot | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | |
| Cleobury Mortimer Ronhill | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Clun Castle | Colunwy; Clone; Clune; Clunne | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Clun Town Wall | Urban Defence | Masonry footings |
| Clungunford Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Colebatch Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Colstey Castle Field | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Corfham Castle | Cortham; Corvesham | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| Corfton; The Mount | Diddlebury | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Corshall | Crosshills | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Culmington Camp Ring | Stanton Lacy | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Dawley Castle | Dalileye; Delaley | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | Doddington | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Dothill | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Dudston Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Eaton | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Edgton Castle Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Edgton Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Ellesmere Castle | Eselmer; Mere | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| Ellesmere Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Erw'r Esgob, St Martins | Ew'r Esgob | Palace | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Eyton on Severn | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants | Fitz mound, Pimhill | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Fordhall, Moreton Say | Moretoin, Draiton apon Terne; Castlehill Wood | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Glazeley | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Great Moat Farm | Fortified Manor House | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Habberley Hall | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Hagley, Chirbury | Timber Castle | Uncertain | Halesowen | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Halesowen Abbey | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Masonry ruins/remnants | Halesowen Town Gates | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Hallon Castle | Hawn | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Hardwick Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Harlescott Grange | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Harley Castle Hill | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Haughmond Hill Camp | Haughmond Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Hawcocks Mount | Hawcocks Farm Ringwork; Winsley | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Hem Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | High Ercall Hall | Fortified Manor House | Masonry footings | Hinstock Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Hisland Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Hockleton Motte | Tirley; Touchill; Hoketon | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Hodnet Castle Hill | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | |
| Holdgate Castle | Holgate; Helgots; Stanton Holegate; Stanton Long; Castle Holegod; Holgot; Howgate | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Holdgate Village Defences | Holgate; Helgots; Stanton Holegate; Stanton Long | Urban Defence | Earthworks |
| Hope Castle Mound | Lady House; Leye; Worthen 3 | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Hopton Castle | Hopton Corbet | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Hopton Wafers | Timber Castle | Uncertain | |
| Kinton Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Knockin Castle | Cnockin; Cnukin; Knockyn; Knoking | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | Langley Hall | Langley Place | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Lea Castle | Lee; Lye; Lay | Tower House | Masonry ruins/remnants | Lee Brockhurst | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Leebotwood Castle Hill | Woolstaston; Lebotwood | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Leigh Hall | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Linley Mound, More | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Little Ness Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Little Shrawardine Motte | Alberbury 2 | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Longner Hall | Masonry Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Longnor; The Moat House | Langenalre | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Lower Down Castle, Lydbury North | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | |
| Ludlow Castle | Masonry Castle Palace |
Major | Ludlow Siege Works | Siege Work | Nothing visible |
| Ludlow Town Wall | Urban Defence | Masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Ludstone Hall Moated site | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Lydbury North; The Firs | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Lydham Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Madeley Court | Fortified Manor House | Major | Marchamley Moat Bank | Timber Castle Siege Work |
Uncertain |
| Marche Hall | Brerelawe; Westbury Station | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Market Drayton | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Marton; The Mount | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Matefelun | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Mawley | Uncertain | Nothing visible | |
| Melverley | Uncertain | Nothing visible | Meole Brace Tower | Tower House | Nothing visible |
| Middlehope | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Middleton motte(s) | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Minton Castle Mound | Little Stretton | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| More Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| More Village Defences | Urban Defence | Earthworks | |
| Moreswood mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Moretoin | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Moreton Corbet Castle | Moreton Toret; Moreton Turret; Moretoin | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Much Wenlock Castle | Castel Wenlock | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Munslow Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Myddle Castle | Middle; Medle | Masonry Castle Fortified Manor House |
Masonry footings |
| Neves Castle | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Newcastle; The Crugyn | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Newport, Shropshire | Uncertain | Nothing visible | |
| Oakhill Castle Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Old Hall, Cressage | Crassach | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Orleton Hall | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Oswestry Castle | Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Castle Philip; Luure; Luvre | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry footings |
| Oswestry Town Wall | Croes Oswald; Beatrice Gate; New Gate; Black Gate; Williow Gate | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Oswestry; The Mount Ringwork | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Pan Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Panpudding Hill | Pampudding Hill; Oldbury | Siege Work | Earthworks | Pennerley; The Knapp | The Napp | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Petton Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Picklescott | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Pickthorne Castle | The Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Plaish Hall | Castelle of Plashe | Fortified Manor House | Masonry footings |
| Plowden Mill Ringwork | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Pontesbury Castle | Castle Pavement | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks | Pontesbury Village Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Pontfadog | Domen; Pontfadoc | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Prees Manor of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | Palace | Nothing visible |
| Quatford Castle | Timber Castle Palace |
Earthworks | Queen Eleanors Bower, Haughmond | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Rabbit Berries | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Ratlinghope Castle Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Redcastle | Red Castle; Rubree; Radeclif; Redcliffe; Redde; Castle Rous; Hawkstone | Masonry Castle | Masonry ruins/remnants | Ritton Castle | Ritton in Wentnor | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Rockhill | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Rorrington Castle Ring | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Rorrington, Chirbury | The Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Rowton Castle | Rouse; Routhsea | Masonry Castle | Nothing visible | Ruckley | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Ruffin | Ruthin; Rufin | Timber Castle | Uncertain |
| Rushbury Castle Mound | Bury Field | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Ruyton Castle | Ruyton-Eleven-Towns; Ruten; Ruyten of the Eleven Towns; Ruyten XI Towns | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Ryton Castle Hillfield | Ryton near Shifnal | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Sandford | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Sheriffhales Manor House | Shirrenhales | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Shifnal Castle Farm | Castell Blythbury; Eveleyghe Castell; Castell Evelith | Fortified Manor House Timber Castle |
Nothing visible |
| Shifnal Earthwork | Shifnall | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Shifnal Moat | Shifnall | Fortified Manor House Timber Castle |
Nothing visible |
| Shrawardine Castle | Castle Isabel; Schiewardin; Schrewardin; Shewurthyn; Shrawardic; Shraydon; Slawurthin; Sretwrthin; Srewrhin; Srwardin; Strawurdi; Scrawardin | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry footings |
| Shrewsbury Castle | Pengwern | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Shrewsbury Town Wall | Urban Defence | Masonry ruins/remnants | Sibdon Castle | Sibdon Carwood; Shepeton Corbet; Shepton Corbett | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Nothing visible |
| Smethcott Castle Field | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Soulton | Timber Castle | Earthworks | St Augustines, Shrewsbury | Sancti Augustini de Salop | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | Nothing visible |
| St Martins, Oaklands Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Stapleton Moat Farm | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Stapleton Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Stoke upon Tern | Stoke Manor | Fortified Manor House | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Stokesay Castle | Stoke; Stok Say | Fortified Manor House Pele Tower |
Major |
| Tempeston; The Moat | Beguildy The Moat; Tempseter | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Tenbury Wells Castle Tump | Burford Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Tong Castle | Tonge; Tongue | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Tong Castle Hill | Tonge; Tongue | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Trench Hall Castle Stead | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Upper Broughton Castle Hill | Crugyn; Criggion Bank | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Upper Gwarthlow Motte | Brompton and Rhiston | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Upper Millichope Foresters Lodge | Pele Tower | Masonry ruins/remnants | Upton Cressett Hall | Fortified Manor House | Major | Wallop Castle | Lower Wallop; Moat Field | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Warandashale | Rhiews, Warrenhall | Fortified Manor House | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Warfield Bank | Hopton Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Wattlesborough Hall | Wattlesborough Tower | Masonry Castle | Uncertain |
| Welshampton mound | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Wem Castle | Alleys Hill; Haly; Walls | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Earthworks |
| West Felton Motte | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Weston under Redcastle; The Mount | Weston and Wixhill under Redcastle | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Whattal; The Castle | Crose Mere; Stocgete; Kenwick Park | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Whitchurch Castle Hill | Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blanc Mouster | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Nothing visible |
| Whitchurch Moat | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Whitchurch Town Gates | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Whitsburn Hill | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Whittington Castle | Castle of Roger de Powis | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Whittington Village Defence | Urban Defence | Uncertain |
| Wilcott Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Wilderley Hall Farm | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | |
| Willaston Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Willey Castle Hill placename | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Wilmington; The Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Winsbury Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Withyford | Great Withyford; Great Wytheford; Wycheford; Knaves Castle | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Wollaston Ceasers Camp | The Moat | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Wollaston Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Woolstaston Castle Bank | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Worsley Castle Hill | All Stretton | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Wotherton Castle Mound | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Wroxeter Castle | Arundel Castle | Timber Castle Masonry Castle |
Nothing visible |
| Yockleton; The Mount | Timber Castle | Earthworks |