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Name |
Alternative Name(s) |
Type |
Remains |
Aldington Court Lodge | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants |
Allington Castle | Alington; Alintona | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | major building |
Bekesborne Archbishops Palace | Beaksborne | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants |
Binbury Castle, Thurnham | Thornham; Bonbury; Stocking Wood | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Bishopsbourne manor of the archbishop of Canterbury | Palace | no visible | Boughton Court, Boughton Aluph | Bottone Alulphi juxta Wye | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Brenchley Castle Hill | Knowle | Timber Castle | earthwork | Broadstairs York Gate | Urban Defence | masonry ruins/remnants | Brocket | Brockle | Fortified Manor House | no visible | Bromley Bishops Palace | Palace | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Canterbury Archbishops Palace | Cellarers Hall; Walpole House | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants |
Canterbury Castle | Canterburie | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants |
Canterbury City Wall | Urban Defence | major building | Canterbury; The Dane John | Dungeon Hill, Dungan Hill; Dangon Hill | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Castle Rough, Sittingbourne | Milton | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Castle Toll, Newenden | Eorpeburnan; ?Haydon Mount | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Charing Palace | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Cheriton | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
Chilham Castle | Chileham | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Coldbridge Castle | Colbridge; Colebridge; Colwebrigge; Boghton Malherbe | Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Coldred Court | Ceoldred | Timber Castle | uncertain |
Cooling Castle | Cowling, Coulyng; Couling | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Court-up-streate, Lympne | Court at Street; Courtopstreet; Streete; Strete; Billerica; Bellirica; Bellocastrum | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
Dartford Palace | Dartford Priory | Palace | no visible |
Deal Castle | Dele; Deale; Dole; The great Castle | Artillery Fort | major building | Dent de Lion, Margate | Garlinge; Daundelyon Court; Dandelion | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Deptford castle | Sayes Court; West Greenwich | Masonry Castle | no visible |
Dover Castle | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | major building | Dover Port Defences | Dover Havyn; Clerk's Pier | Artillery Fort , Chain Tower | no visible |
Dover Town Defences | Urban Defence | no visible | |
Dover; Archcliff Bulwark | bulwark of earth upon the hill behind the pier at Dover | Artillery Fort | no visible |
Dover; Bulwark in the Cliff | Black Bulwark | Artillery Fort | no visible |
Dover; Moats Bulwark | Moates; bulwark under Dover Castle; the bulwark subtus castrum Doveri | Artillery Fort | uncertain |
Eastry Court | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Eastwell Manor | Estwell | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Erith artillery fort | Erithe | Artillery Fort | no visible |
Eynsford Castle | Eynesford; Ainsford | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Eythorne Court | Egethorne | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Fairseat Hall Wood | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Farningham Castle | Fortified Manor House | no visible | |
Folkestone Castle Hill | Ceasars Camp | Timber Castle | earthwork | Folkestone Castle Yard | castello de Folkestan; The Bayle | Masonry Castle | no visible |
Ford Archbishops Palace | Ford Manor Farmhouse | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Gillingham Archbishops Palace | Grench Manor | Palace | no visible |
Godards Castle, Thurnham | Goddards; Thornham; Godworde; Turnham; Thorneham | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Graveney | Greveney; Graveneycourt | Fortified Manor House , Uncertain | uncertain |
Gravesend Blockhouse | Cranes Bulwark; Le Grene | Artillery Fort , Chain Tower | masonry footings |
Gravesend Palace | Palace | no visible | Greenhithe | Greenehithe | Artillery Fort | no visible |
Greenwich Palace and Castle | Grenewych; Estgrenewich; Palace of Placentia | Masonry Castle , Palace | no visible | Groombridge Place | Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Halden Place | Lambyns Court | Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Halling Bishops Palace | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Hertrigge | Hawridge; Hartridge | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
Hever Castle | Hevre | Fortified Manor House | major building | Higham Blockhouse | Heigham; Hiegham | Artillery Fort | no visible | Horsmonden Share Farm | Horsemonden | Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Horton Kirby Court Lodge | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Ightham Mote | The Moat | Fortified Manor House | major building | Kemsing Castle Bank | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork | Kingsnorth Manor House | Kyngesnoth; Kings North | Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Knole House | Knolle | Palace , Fortified Manor House | major building | Langdon Abbey | Langedon | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | masonry ruins/remnants | Lee Ness | Artillery Fort , Chain Tower | no visible |
Leeds Castle | Leedes; Ladies Castle; Ledes; Slede | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | major building |
Leybourne Castle | Layborne; Leyborne | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Lullingstone Castle | a castle 'towards Craye water'; Lolingstone | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Lyminge manor of Archbishop of Canterbury | Palace | no visible |
Lympne Castle | Stutfall; Studfall; Lym; Lymne; Lyme; Lymehille; Belleanow; Hythe, Hethe | Fortified Manor House | major building |
Maidstone Archbishops Palace | Maideston | Palace | major building | Maidstone House of Walter Maydenstan | Fortified Town House | no visible | Maidstone Mote House | Maydenstan; Shoford Maideston | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
Mereworth Castle | Fortified Manor House | no visible | |
Milton Blockhouse | Mr Cobhams Bulwark; Mylton; the old Blockhouse | Artillery Fort | cropmark/slight earthwork | Minster Court | Minster Abbey | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | major building |
Newnham Castle | Championcourt; Champion Court | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork | Northfleet | Northfleete | Artillery Fort | no visible | Northfleet manor of Archbishop of Canterbury | Palace | no visible | Nurstead Court, Meopham | Nutstead; Nurstead Manor; Nursestead; Nutsted | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Old Soar Manor | Old Sore | Fortified Manor House | major building | Old Walmer Court | Walmer Old Castle; Walmer Hall | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Orkesdene | Orkesden; Arkesden; Austin Lodge; Aston Lodge; Ashton Lodge | Fortified Manor House | uncertain |
Otford Palace | Otford Castle | Palace , Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Penshurst Place | Penhurst Palace | Palace , Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Polton Manor | Poltmans; Poulton | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork | Prawls Farm moated site | Abdale, Apdale | Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Queenborough Castle | Sheppey; Quynborow; Quinborough | Masonry Castle , Palace , Artillery Fort | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Rochester Bishops Palace | Palace | cropmark/slight earthwork | Rochester Boley Hill | Bullie Hill; Bully; Bulley | Timber Castle , Siege Work | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Rochester Castle | Roff'; Roffensi | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | major building |
Rochester City Wall | Urban Defence | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Rochester Medway Bridge | Fortified Bridge | masonry ruins/remnants | Rochester siege castles | Siege Work | no visible |
Saltwood Castle | Saltuud'a; Saltwuda; turris Saltwode | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | major building |
Sandgate Castle | Sandegate; Folston | Masonry Castle , Artillery Fort | masonry ruins/remnants |
Sandown Castle, Kent | Sandowne; Sandon | Artillery Fort | masonry footings |
Sandwich Castle | Castle Mead; Sandwiche | Masonry Castle , Palace | no visible |
Sandwich Town Wall and Great Bulwark | Urban Defence | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Scotney Castle | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Sheerness Garrison Point Fort | Artillery Fort | no visible | Shoreham Castle | Lullingstone; Shorham: Le Castell | Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House | masonry footings | Shurland Castle | Sheppey; Eastchurch; Shurland House; Shurland Hall | Masonry Castle | major building | Simpsons Moat, Bromley | Simpsons Place; Bromle | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
St Andrews Cathedral Priory, Rochester | Priors Gate | Palace , Fortified Ecclesiastical site | major building |
St Augustines Abbey, Canterbury | The Kings House; Fyndon's Gateway; The Great Gatehouse | Palace , Fortified Ecclesiastical site | masonry ruins/remnants |
St Leonards Tower, West Malling | Masonry Castle , Palace | major building | |
Stockbury Castle | Stokinburie | Timber Castle | earthwork | Stone Castle | Pele Tower | masonry ruins/remnants |
Stone Court | Palace | no visible | |
Stowting Castle | Castle Mound | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Sutton Valence Castle | Sutton Castle | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Sweyns Camp Swanscombe | Svinescamp | Timber Castle | no visible | Tenterden | PIttlesden; Pitlesden; Pittelesden | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Teynham Archbishops Palace | Tenham | Palace | no visible |
The Downs Beach Fortifications | Great Turf Bulwark; Little Turf Bulwark; Great White Bulwark of Clay; Black or Walmer Bulwark | Artillery Fort , Linear Defence or Dyke | no visible |
Tonbridge Castle | Tunbridge; Tunebrycgia | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | major building |
Tonbridge Town Defences | Tonebrugg | Urban Defence | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Tonford Manor, Thanington Without | Tuniford; Toniford; Tunford | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Tonge Castle | Tong; Tongue; Thwang | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork | Tower of Sir Edward Ringeley | Artillery Fort | no visible | Trottiscliffe Court Lodge | Trottesclive; Trosley | Palace | no visible |
Upnor Castle | Upnore | Artillery Fort , Chain Tower | major building |
Walmer Castle | Artillery Fort | major building | |
Westenhanger Castle | Ostenhanger; Westyngehangre; Kiriel Castle; le Hangre | Masonry Castle , Palace , Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Wickham Court | Coloma College | Fortified Manor House | major building | Wingham Court | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Woolwich | Wulwich | Artillery Fort , Uncertain | no visible |
Wrotham Archbishops Palace | The Old Palace | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants |
Amsbury Wood Enclosure, Coxheath | Hunton | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Appledore Castle | Apledore | Timber Castle | no visible |
Aylesford Church | St Peter's Church | Masonry Castle | uncertain |
Barnard Castle, Kent | Milstead; Milkstead | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Bayford Castle | castle ruffe; bavord; Goodmanston; Goodneston; Godewynston | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | no visible |
Bayford Court | Timber Castle | earthwork | |
Boughton under Blean archbishops manor | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Chartham Archbishops Palace | The Deanery | Palace | no visible |
Cheesemans Camp | Chessmunds; Chesmunds; Cheesman | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Dartford | Uncertain | no visible | |
Gravel Castle | Timber Castle | no visible | |
Gundulfs Tower, Rochester Cathedral | Gundulph's Tower | Tower House | major building | Ightham Court | The Wilderness | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Kenardington | Kennardington | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork |
King Stephen's Castle, Ospringe | Judd Hill | Timber Castle | no visible | Margate Fort | Artillery Fort | no visible |
Mary le Bone Hill, Sandwich | Manwood Road; Marrowbone Hill | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Morro Castle | Kingsgate Castle | Uncertain | no visible |
Nevington | Mount Ephraim | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Newington | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | uncertain | |
Queenborough Town Defences | Urban Defence | no visible | |
Romney 'castle' | Uncertain | earthwork | |
Rose | Joseph's Castel | Uncertain | uncertain |
Selling Perry Wood | Perrywood; Pulpit | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Sissinghurst Castle | Saxenhurst | Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House | major building |
St John's Jerusalem Preceptory, Sutton-at-Hone | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | masonry ruins/remnants | |
St Mary Cray Hockenden | Birch Wood | Timber Castle | uncertain |
St Mary Cray; The Mount | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | no visible | |
Staplehurst Castle Bank | (Frittenden, Knox Bridge in error); Knocks Bridge Castle; Nocks Bridge Castle | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Starkey Castle | Starkeys Castle | Fortified Manor House | major building |
Swale Ness Fort | Swaleness | Artillery Fort | no visible |
Thorne | Thourne | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
West Wickham Common | Coney Hall | Artillery Fort | earthwork |
Wilmington Manor, Boughton Aluph | Park Barn Farm | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Woodnesborough; The Mount | Woodnesbeorb; Firtree Hill | Timber Castle | no visible |
Wouldham Shoulder of Mutton Wood | Timber Castle | earthwork |