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Great care must always be taken with such statistical data since much of the source data has a degree of error which, when combined in such statistic can produce very large errors. In particular many of the small mottes of the welsh marches are very different in size, form and social status from classic motte and baileys like Bramber Castle, Sussex - they really have much more in common with northern pele towers. Conclusions based on such density studies, which do not appreciate the very varied form and social status of castles of all types are bound to be erroneous. Were genuine like to like studies done major castle density may well be rather more uniform across the county.
| This is a sortable table; click heading to sort | Motte | Ringwork | Timber castle of uncertain form | Total Timber Castle | Masonry added to timber castles | Castle built of masonry from new | Total Masonry Castle | Total Castles | County area in acres | County area in km2 | Timber Castle density km-2 | Masonry Castle density km-2 | Total castle density km-2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 20 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 295,582 | 1,196.18 | 49.84 | 199.00 | 46.01 |
| Berkshire | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 451,210 | 1,825.98 | 130.43 | 456.00 | 121.73 |
| Buckinghamshire | 16 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 466,932 | 1,889.61 | 78.73 | 630.00 | 78.73 |
| Cambridgeshire | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 523,861 | 2,119.99 | 106.00 | 424.00 | 106.00 |
| Cheshire | 18 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 707,078 | 2,861.44 | 124.41 | 260.00 | 114.46 | Cornwall | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 873,600 | 3,535.33 | 168.35 | 354.00 | 141.41 |
| Cornwall mainland | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 870,040 | 3,520.93 | 176.05 | 391.21 | 153.08 |
| Isles of Scilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3,560 | 14.41 | 14.41 | 14.41 | 7.20 |
| Cumberland | 13 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 1,001,273 | 4,052.01 | 168.83 | 238.00 | 126.63 |
| Derbyshire | 12 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 658,803 | 2,666.08 | 140.32 | 381.00 | 133.30 |
| Devon | 18 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 1,657,150 | 6,706.25 | 203.22 | 373.00 | 167.66 |
| Dorset | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 632,258 | 2,558.66 | 213.22 | 233.00 | 159.92 |
| County Palatinate of Durham | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 622,476 | 2,519.07 | 229.01 | 194.00 | 125.95 |
| Essex | 14 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 1,060,549 | 4,291.89 | 165.07 | 390.00 | 143.06 |
| Gloucestershire | 14 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 805,102 | 3,258.13 | 98.73 | 163.00 | 88.06 |
| Hampshire | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 1,070,216 | 4,331.01 | 227.95 | 333.00 | 180.46 |
| Hampshire mainland | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 970,470 | 3,927.35 | 218.19 | 327.28 | 170.75 |
| Hampshire Isle of Wight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 99,746 | 403.66 | 403.66 | 403.66 | 403.66 |
| Herefordshire | 94 | 12 | 15 | 121 | 55 | 6 | 61 | 127 | 534,823 | 2,164.35 | 17.89 | 35.00 | 17.04 |
| Hertfordshire | 8 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 391,141 | 1,582.89 | 98.93 | 264.00 | 98.93 |
| Huntingdonshire | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 229,544 | 928.93 | 92.89 | 929.00 | 92.89 |
| Kent | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 1,039,419 | 4,206.38 | 210.32 | 221.00 | 140.21 |
| Lancashire | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 1,219,221 | 4,934.01 | 259.68 | 548.00 | 182.74 |
| Lancashire South | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||||
| Lancashire North of the Sands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Leicestershire | 13 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 514,164 | 2,080.75 | 115.60 | 231.00 | 109.51 |
| Lincolnshire | 21 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 1,775,457 | 7,185.02 | 189.08 | 479.00 | 159.67 |
| Middlesex and London | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 180,136 | 728.98 | 72.90 | 243.00 | 66.27 |
| The City of London | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Middlesex | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Norfolk | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 1,354,301 | 5,480.66 | 288.46 | 548.00 | 249.12 |
| Northamptonshire | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 630,358 | 2,550.97 | 82.29 | 232.00 | 77.30 |
| Northamptonshire main | 14 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 31 | |||||
| Northamptonshire: Soke of Peterborough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Northumberland | 19 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 46 | 1,249,299 | 5,055.73 | 144.45 | 158.00 | 109.91 |
| Northumberland main | 17 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 40 | |||||
| North Durham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Berwick upon Tweed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nottinghamshire | 11 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 526,076 | 2,128.95 | 125.23 | 355.00 | 118.28 |
| Oxfordshire | 14 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 472,717 | 1,913.02 | 95.65 | 128.00 | 79.71 |
| Rutland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 95,805 | 387.71 | 77.54 | 194.00 | 77.54 |
| Shropshire | 81 | 26 | 12 | 119 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 125 | 826,055 | 3,342.93 | 28.09 | 96.00 | 26.74 |
| Somerset | 17 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 1,047,220 | 4,237.95 | 169.52 | 265.00 | 146.14 |
| Staffordshire | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 728,468 | 2,948.01 | 155.16 | 268.00 | 134.00 |
| Suffolk | 15 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 947,681 | 3,835.13 | 147.50 | 349.00 | 132.25 |
| Surrey | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 478,792 | 1,937.60 | 149.05 | 277.00 | 129.17 |
| Sussex | 16 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 936,911 | 3,791.54 | 157.98 | 253.00 | 135.41 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 563,946 | 2,282.21 | 87.78 | 190.00 | 76.07 |
| Westmorland | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 485,432 | 1,964.47 | 163.71 | 281.00 | 122.78 |
| Wiltshire | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 865,092 | 3,500.90 | 166.71 | 250.00 | 145.87 |
| Worcestershire | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 472,165 | 1,910.78 | 119.42 | 273.00 | 95.54 |
| Yorkshire | 74 | 17 | 21 | 112 | 31 | 15 | 46 | 127 | 3,830,567 | 15,501.75 | 138.41 | 337.00 | 122.06 |
| Ainsty and the City of York | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50,151 | 202.95 | 50.74 | 101.48 | 50.74 |
| East Riding | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 768,419 | 3,109.68 | 194.36 | 777.00 | 182.92 |
| North Riding | 24 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 56 | 1,350,121 | 5,463.75 | 124.18 | 219.00 | 97.57 |
| West Riding | 33 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 1,659,156 | 6,714.37 | 139.88 | 447.62 | 134.29 |
| Total England | 689 | 195 | 211 | 1095 | 372 | 157 | 529 | 1252 | 32,220,880 | 130,393.28 | 139.96 | 308.47 | 117.40 |
| Anglesey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 193,453 | 782.88 | 130.48 | 782.88 | 111.84 |
| Brecknockshire | 27 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 460,158 | 1,862.19 | 49.01 | 80.96 | 43.31 |
| Caernarfonshire | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 370,273 | 1,498.44 | 93.65 | 124.87 | 71.35 |
| Cardiganshire | 25 | 11 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 443,387 | 1,794.32 | 44.86 | 299.05 | 43.76 |
| Carmarthenshire | 28 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 606,331 | 2,453.73 | 59.85 | 175.27 | 55.77 |
| Denbighshire | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 386,052 | 1,562.30 | 111.59 | 223.19 | 82.23 |
| Flintshire | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 184,905 | 748.28 | 44.02 | 74.83 | 34.01 |
| Glamorgan | 19 | 34 | 11 | 64 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 79 | 547,494 | 2,215.63 | 34.62 | 55.39 | 28.05 |
| Merioneth | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 385,291 | 1,559.22 | 103.95 | 389.80 | 86.62 |
| Monmouthshire | 33 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 60 | 368,399 | 1,490.86 | 30.43 | 53.24 | 24.85 |
| Montgomeryshire | 36 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 483,323 | 1,955.94 | 46.57 | 244.49 | 43.47 |
| Pembrokeshire | 24 | 23 | 7 | 54 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 401,691 | 1,625.59 | 30.10 | 81.28 | 26.22 |
| Radnorshire | 32 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 48 | 272,128 | 1,101.26 | 24.47 | 50.06 | 22.94 |
| Total Wales | 280 | 113 | 48 | 441 | 127 | 68 | 195 | 509 | 5,102,885 | 20,650.64 | 61.81 | 202.72 | 51.88 |
| Total | 969 | 308 | 259 | 1536 | 499 | 225 | 724 | 1761 | 37,323,765 | 151,043.92 | 120.42 | 282.03 | 101.02 |
Areas in acres taken from John Marius Wilson, 1870-71, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales quoted in Vision of Britain website.
