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

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
Ballands Castle, Pen Selwood Penselwood Timber Castle earthwork
Banwell Court The Abbey Palace cropmark/slight earthwork
Bath Bishops Palace Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Bath City Wall Bathe Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Bath Kings House Palace no visible
Bath St. Lawrence's Bridge Fortified Bridge no visible
Beauchamp Castle, Stoke Sub Hamdon Stoke under Ham; Stoke under Hampden; Gournay Castle Fortified Manor House no visible
Blackford Bishops Palace Paradise Field Palace cropmark/slight earthwork
Breach Wood Mound, Wanstrow Dungehill Wood Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Brent Marsh Brente-knolle Uncertain uncertain
Bridgwater Bridge Brugewauter Fortified Bridge no visible
Bridgwater Castle Bridgewater; Brugewaltii Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Bridgwater Town Defences Brugewauter; Eastover Urban Defence no visible
Burrow Mump, Burrowbridge Othery Burrow Mump, Barrow Mump, Toteyate, Myghellborough Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Bury Castle, Brompton Regis Timber Castle earthwork
Cadbury Castle Cadebi; Cadanbyrig; castri de Cadebir; Camalet; Camelot; Camallate Urban Defence , Uncertain earthwork
Camel Manor Palace earthwork
Castle Batch, Kewstoke Sand Point; Sandy Point; Woodspring; Swallow Cliff Mound Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Castle Batch, Worle Timber Castle earthwork
Castle Cary Lodge Hill; Castra Cari; Carey; castellum Carith Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Castle Cary Siege Work Siege Work no visible
Castle Neroche Castle Rache; The Beacon; Staple Fitzpaine; Orchard; Castellum de Rach Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Chard Bishops Palace Palace no visible
Cheddar Manor of Ralph Bakepuz Ceddre Fortified Manor House no visible
Cheddar Palace Ceddre; Cheddar Episcopi Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Chew Court Chew Magna; Chute Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Chisley Mount, Down End Chidley Mount; Bally Field; Downend; Chefdelmunt; Caput Montis Timber Castle earthwork
Claverton manor of the bishop of Bath and Wells Palace no visible
Clevedon Court Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Cockroad Wood Motte, Charlton Musgrove Cockroadwood; Wincanton; Penselwood 2 Timber Castle earthwork
Combe Florey Manor House Fortified Manor House major building
Congresbury Bishop's Court Palace no visible
Cothay Manor Cothay Barton Fortified Manor House major building
Croft Castle, Crewkerne Castle Hill; Cruca; Craft Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Cudworth Moat Fortified Manor House earthwork
Culverhay Castle, Englishcombe English Combe Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Curry Mallet Manor Mallet Castle Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Donyatt Park Farm Moat Doneyate Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Dunster Castle Torre; Duncaster; Dunestore Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Dunster siege work Siege Work no visible
East Quantoxhead Court House Cantokeshevede Pele Tower major building
Edithmead Motte, Burnham Burneham Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Enmore Castle Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Evercreech bishops palace and hunting lodge Palace no visible
Fairfield House Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Farleigh Hungerford Castle Farle Mountford; Farley Hungerford Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Fenny Castle Fenney; Wells 2; North Moor; St Cuthbert Out Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Glastonbury Castle Masonry Castle , Palace no visible
Gun battery on other side of bay from Hurlstone Point Artillery Fort uncertain
Hales Castle, Selwood Timber Castle earthwork
Hatch Court, Hatch Beauchamp Hach Beauchamp; Hache Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Hinton House, Hinton St George Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Hurlstone Point gun battery Artillery Fort uncertain
Ilcester Castle Northover House; Gaiole ad Iuelcestr'; gaiole de Yuelcestr'; prisona regis apud Ivelcestr' Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Ilchester Town Wall Urban Defence masonry footings
Kingsbury Episcopi Bishops Palace Palace uncertain
Langport Town Defences Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Locking Castle, Carberry Hill Locking Head Farm Timber Castle earthwork
Lyng Burghal Defences Urban Defence earthwork
Marsh Court, Wincanton Marsch; la Mersch by Wyncaulton Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Marston Moat, Trudoxhill Marston-Bigot Fortified Manor House earthwork
Merryfield House Merrifield; Murefeld; Merefeld; Muryfield; Merifield; Wadham's Castle Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Montacute Castle St Michaels Hill; Biscopeston; Bishopstone; Montegue; Montem-Acutum; Mons Acutus Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Naish Priory La Aisshe; L'Aisshe; Naysshe; Naysshe Ferme; Nayssh; Nayshe; Nasshe; Naysh; Naysh Manor; Nash Fortified Manor House major building
Nether Stowey Castle Dowsborough; Staueiam Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Newton St Loe St Loes Castle Fortified Manor House major building
Nunney Castle Nonny Masonry Castle major building
Over Stowey Mound Staweie Timber Castle earthwork
Richmont Castle, East Harptree Estharpetre; Harpestre; Arpetream; Harpetreu Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry footings
Slough Court, Stoke St Gregory Slough Farm Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Somerton Castle, Somerset Masonry Castle no visible
Stogursey Castle Stoke Courcy; castrum de Stoke' Curcy' Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Sutton Court Southetoun; Stowey Court Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Taunton Castle Tantona; Tantune Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Taunton Town Defences East Overton, Borough Bank Urban Defence earthwork
Torweston Manor, Sampford Brett Torneston Fortified Manor House no visible
Ubley Manor Obbeleigh; Hubley; Waterloo House Fortified Manor House uncertain
Wells Bishops Palace Palace major building
Wells Cathedral Precinct Penniless Porch; Brown's Gate; The Dean's Eye; The Bishop's Eye Fortified Ecclesiastical site major building
West Bower Manor House Fortified Manor House major building
Westbury Bishops Palace Westbury-sub-Mendip Palace no visible
Wiveliscombe Bishops Palace Wyveliscombe Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Wookey Court Farm Woky Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Yarlington Manor Yerdlyngton Fortified Manor House no visible
Yatton Bishops Palace Court Farm Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Bats Castle Croyden Hill Siege Work uncertain
Beckington Castle Ravenscroft School Masonry Castle major building
Crow Castle, Crewkerne Uncertain no visible
Daws Castle, Watchet Weced; Dart's Castle; Danes' Castle Urban Defence earthwork
Down End town defences Downend Urban Defence uncertain
Dundon Beacon, Compton Dundon Timber Castle earthwork
Dunster Town Wall Urban Defence no visible
Glastonbury; The Mound Beckery Mound Timber Castle no visible
Heath House, Wedmore Castle Furlong Uncertain no visible
Norton sub Hamdon manor house Fortified Manor House no visible
Perry Court, Babcary Fortified Manor House earthwork
Portbury Mound Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Radstock Round Hill The Roundhill Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Stoney Littleton Wellow Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Stowey Castle, Stowey Sutton Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Tickenham Court enclosure Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Wambrook Castle Timber Castle no visible
Wellington Bishops Palace The Court; Wellington House Palace no visible
Wells City Wall Welles Urban Defence no visible
Wimble Toot, Babcary Timber Castle earthwork

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


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