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List of the medieval fortified sites of the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely

Certain
Probable
Questionable or Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace
Name
Alternative Name(s)
Type
Remains
Aldreth Aldrey; Alrehede Timber Castle no visible
Balsham Manor of the bishop of Ely Nine Chimneys House Palace no visible
Bassingbourne, John of Gaunts House Bassingburn Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Benwick Timber Castle no visible
Biggin Abbey Bishops Palace Ditton; The Biggin Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Bourn Hall Ringwork Burne; Brune; Brunne Timber Castle earthwork
Burgh Manor House, Burrough Green Park Wood Fortified Manor House no visible
Burwell Castle Springe Copse; castelli de Burwelle Timber Castle earthwork
Cambridge Castle Castle Hill; Grentebrige; Grontebrugae; Grantebregge Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Cambridge Town Defences Kings Ditch Urban Defence no visible
Castle Camps Campo Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Castle Camps Village Defences Campo Urban Defence earthwork
Castle in the Isle of Ely Timber Castle uncertain
Caxton Moats The Moats Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Cheveley Castle Chevele; The Moats Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Doddington Bishops Palace Manor House Moat Palace earthwork
Ely Cherry Hill The Mount Timber Castle earthwork
Ely Old Bishops Palace Palace major building
Fordham Timber Castle no visible
Fowlmere; The Round Moat Whites Close Timber Castle earthwork
Great Shelford Manor of the bishop of Ely Palace no visible
Hardwick Manor of the bishop of Ely Palace no visible
Herewards Castle castellum Herewardi; Castellum de Heywoydi Timber Castle uncertain
Kirtling Towers Catledge Hall; Catlidg Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Knapwell Overhall Grove Timber Castle earthwork
Little Downham Bishops Palace Tower Farmhouse Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Little Gransden Manor of the bishop of Ely Palace no visible
Longstanton Bishops Palace Long Stanton St Michael Palace no visible
Lophams Hall, Carlton Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Lordship Lane, Cottenham Crowlands Fortified Manor House earthwork
Orwell Toot Hill The Lordship Timber Castle no visible
Rampton Giants Hill Timber Castle , Siege Work earthwork
Swaffham Bullbeck Four Mile Stable Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Swavesey Castle Hill Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Swavesey Town Defences Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Willingham Manor of the Bishop of Ely Willington Palace no visible
Wisbech Castle Wisbeach; Wisbich Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace no visible
Belsars Hill, Willingham Belassise; Alrehede Timber Castle earthwork
Braham Brame; Aldehede Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Chesterton Tower The Abbey; Rectory Farm Pele Tower major building
Chippenham; The Rookery Rookery Bowl Timber Castle earthwork
Haddenham Manor of the bishop of Ely Lyndonbury, Lyndonby Palace no visible
Mallets Manor Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Shuckburgh Castle, Dullingham Fir Bush Uncertain no visible
Sutton, Cambridgeshire The Burystead Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Wimpole mound Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork

This listing was last updated on Sunday, August 27, 2017


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