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List of the medieval fortified sites of the historic county of Devonshire

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
Affeton Castle, East Worlington Affeton Barton; Aston; Afferton; Afton Fortified Manor House major building
Ashburton Palace no visible
Axminster Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Bampton; The Mote Baumton; Bachentun; Baketun; Baentona Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Barnstaple Castle Castle Green; Barnestapl' Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Barnstaple Long Bridge Fortified Bridge masonry ruins/remnants
Barnstaple Town Wall Barum Urban Defence no visible
Bayards Cove, Dartmouth Bearscove Castle Artillery Fort major building
Bere Barton, Bere Ferrers Byr; Beer Ferres; Beer Ferris Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower major building
Berry Pomeroy Castle Masonry Castle major building
Bickleigh Castle Old Court Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Bishops Nympton Palace no visible
Bishops Tawton Bishops Palace Court Farmhouse Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Bishopsteignton Bishops Palace Bishop's Teignton; Ash Hill Farm; Radway Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Blegberry Blegbury Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Bradninch Castle Hill Timber Castle uncertain
Bratton Fleming Mound Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Bridestowe Burley Wood Timber Castle earthwork
Brixham Blockhouse Briksame Artillery Fort no visible
Buckland Abbey Buckelond Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Castle Roborough, Loxhore Loxore Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Chardstock Court Cherdestok; Chirdestoke Palace , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Chudleigh Bishops Palace Chudele Palace , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Chulmleigh Castle Chymley Fortified Manor House no visible
Colcombe Castle Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Compton Castle Fortified Manor House major building
Crediton Bishops Palace The Old Palace; Crideton; Cridiantun; Kirton Palace masonry footings
Cruta Timber Castle uncertain
Dartington Hall Palace , Fortified Manor House major building
Dartington Ringwork Staverton Ford Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Dartmouth Artillery Castle Clifton; Stoke Fleming; Sir George Carew's castle Artillery Fort major building
Dartmouth Bastion Gallant's Bower; Gallion's Bower; Galions Boure Timber Castle , Artillery Fort no visible
Dartmouth Gommerock Harbour Chain Chain Tower cropmark/slight earthwork
Dartmouth Hawleys Castle Clifton; Stoke Fleming Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Dartmouth Lamberds Bulwark Lambards Bulwark; Maiden Fort; Old Battery; Clifton; Stoke Fleming Artillery Fort cropmark/slight earthwork
Dartmouth; Paradise Point Paradise Fort; "the old castelle of Kingswear"; Ravensbury Pele Tower masonry footings
Durpley Castle, Shebbear Timber Castle earthwork
Eggesford Castle, Wembworthy Heywood Wood Timber Castle earthwork
Exebridge Exe Bridge Fortified Bridge masonry ruins/remnants
Exeter Bishops Palace and Cathedral Close Palace , Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Exeter City Wall Urban Defence major building
Exeter Danes Castle New Castle Siege Work cropmark/slight earthwork
Exeter Rougemont Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
Exminster Exminstre Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Exmouth Castle Timber Castle no visible
Fort Charles, Salcombe Salcombe Castle; 'The Old Bulwarke' Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Gidleigh Castle Gidley Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House major building
Gommerock Gomerock; Godmerock; Dertemuth Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Hartland Castle Hertiland' Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Hatch Arundell Manor House, Loddiswell Haicche Arundell Fortified Manor House no visible
Hembury Castle, West Buckfastleigh Dane's Castle; The Danish Camp Timber Castle earthwork
Hemyock Castle Hemiok Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Heywood Castle, Wembworthy Heywood Wood Timber Castle earthwork
Highweek Castle Dyke High Week Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Holwell Castle, Parracombe Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Ilton Castle, Malborough Hilton; Yedilton Fortified Manor House earthwork
Kentisbury Barton Kentysbery Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Keynedon Barton Kennedon Farm Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Kingswear Castle Artillery Fort , Chain Tower major building
Lamerton motte and bailey Lamerhooe Timber Castle earthwork
Langford Barton, Ugborough Timber Castle earthwork
Leigh Barton Grange, Churchstow Leigh Priory Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Loddiswell Blackdown Rings The Rings; Blackdown Camp Timber Castle earthwork
Lydford Castle Lidford Masonry Castle major building
Lydford Norman Ringwork The Fort; Lideforde Timber Castle earthwork
Lydford Town Defences Hlidan Urban Defence earthwork
Millsome Castle, Coldridge Milson Timber Castle earthwork
Modbury Castle Medebury Fortified Manor House no visible
North Tawton Castle Court Timber Castle earthwork
Nutwell Court, Woodbury Nuteville; Notewella; Nutewella Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Okehampton Castle Oakhampton; Castellum Ochenemitonae Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Paignton Bishops Palace Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Parke, Bovey Tracey Fortified Manor House no visible
Peterhayes palace of the bishop of Exeter Peterhays Palace no visible
Plymouth Blockhouse and Harbour Chain Chain Tower no visible
Plymouth Blockhouse, Devils Point Passage Point; Western Kings Point Artillery Fort major building
Plymouth Blockhouse, Eastern Kings Point Millbay West Artillery Fort masonry footings
Plymouth Blockhouse, Firestone Bay Winter Villa; The Artillery Tower Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Plymouth Blockhouse, Fishers Nose Tower Lambhay Point; Queen Elizabeth's Tower Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Plymouth Blockhouse, Millbay and Firestone Bay wall Hoe Blockhouse Artillery Fort , Linear Defence or Dyke no visible
Plymouth Blockhouse, Mount Batten Artillery Fort no visible
Plymouth Castle Quadrate The Barbican Masonry Castle masonry footings
Plymouth Drakes Island St Nicholas Island Artillery Fort masonry footings
Plymouth Town Wall Sutton Pryour; Plymmuth Urban Defence no visible
Plymouth; The Royal Citadel Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Plympton Castle Plympton Earl; St Maurice; Plinton' Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry footings
Powderham Castle Pouderham Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Sampford Peverell Sampford Peverel; Stamford Barton; Sanford Castelle; Sanforda Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Shute Barton Old Shute House; Shoute Fortified Manor House major building
Sowton Bishops Court Bishop's Clyst; Bedford House; Clyst Honiton; Farringdon Palace major building
Stanborough Ringwork and Motte Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Stonehouse Town Defences Stone Manor, East Stonehouse; Estonehouse Fortified Manor House , Artillery Fort , Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Tamerton Foliot Tamerton Foliatt; Tamer Fortified Manor House no visible
Teignmouth Town Wall Urban Defence no visible
Tiverton Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
Torre Abbey Mohun Gatehouse Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Torrington Castle, Great Torrington Torryton; Chepyngtoryton Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Totnes Castle Totness; Totenes; Totenesio; Totenesse Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
Totnes Town Wall Totonia Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Tracey Castle, Bow Hilldown; Blue Violet Farm Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Truthwall Truthall; Tregewell; Tregewel; Triuall; Trithwell; Treyuthall Fortified Manor House no visible
Wembury House Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Weycroft Hall, Axminster Wycroft Fortified Manor House major building
Widworthy Castle Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Winkleigh Court Castle Timber Castle earthwork
Winkleigh Croft Castle Timber Castle , Siege Work , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Woodford Wood Motte, Milton Damerel Milton Damerell; Milton Damarel Timber Castle earthwork
Bampton; The Mount Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Battery at The Castle, Knowle Artillery Fort no visible
Bideford Castle Park Enclosure Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Blackawton; The Mount The Beacon; Oldstone Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Buckerell Knap, Buckerell Timber Castle uncertain
Bushy Knap, Buckerell Toot Hill Timber Castle uncertain
Down Castle Puddington Bottom Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Exmouth 'Danish' Fort Exanmouth Timber Castle earthwork
Godsborough near Abbotsham Goodborough Castle; Godborough Castle; Kenwith Castle; Kenwic Castle Timber Castle earthwork
Hayne Castle Haine Fortified Manor House no visible
Higher Walland, Milton Damerel Uncertain earthwork
Hillersdon Timber Castle earthwork
Ilfracombe Town Wall Ilfredecombe Urban Defence no visible
Kenwith Castle, Northam Kenwiths; Cynuit; Cynwit; Henny; Henney; Henniborough; Hennaborough; Henni-Castle Timber Castle earthwork
Kingsbridge Town Defences Urban Defence no visible
Littlehempston motte and bailey Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Mamhead 'castle' The Brewery Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Oldaport Fort Yoldeporte; La Porte in parochia de Modbury Fortified Manor House , Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Plympton siege work Siege Work cropmark/slight earthwork
Skaigh 'old castle' Uncertain no visible
Slapton Ley Bridge defence Pool Farm; Pole; Poole Fortified Bridge no visible
Stone Barton Manor House Stayne Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Stone Barton Ringwork Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Tavistock Abbey Betsy Grimbald's Tower Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Topsham Castle Apsom; Mount Howe Uncertain no visible
Tower near Biddeford Masonry Castle no visible
Widecombe in the Moor Hunting Lodge Kingshead; Kinsette; North Hall Palace no visible

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


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