Cadbury Castle
The importance of Cadbury Castle near Sparkford in Somerset to british archaeology is well known. Excavations in the 1960s revealed Roman forts re-fortified in post-Roman times. The ramparts were strengthened with masonry from derelict Roman buildings and surmounted by raised wooden walkways. The height would have made Cadbury Castle a very strongly defended position ...
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Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo is the highest National Trust run Castle in the country, at at 900 feet above sea level, overlooking the Teign Gorge on the edge of Dartmoor. ...
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Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle on Isle of Purbeck near Swanage in Dorset has some wonderful 11th Century ruins, although there was probably a Saxon castle on the site in the 9th Century. ...
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Devizes Castle
All that remains visible today of the great castle at Devizes is a mound with some foundations. ...
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Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle sits above one of the prettiest villages in Somerset. A 13th century gatehouse stands as an imposing enterance to the Elizabethan buildings within Dunster Castle. ...
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Launceston Castle
Launceston Castle sits perched on top of a large natural mound right in the Centre of this Cornish market town.Originally the site of pre-norman fortifications, Launceston Castle was rebuilt in stone by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, younger brother of King Henry III. ...
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Maiden Castle
Although we are pushing at the boundaries of the definition of a castle here, Maiden Castle is included because it is the largest Iron Age hill fort in Europe and never fails to impress visitors. ...
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Pendinnis Castle
Pendinnis Castle is one of Henry VIII's great coastal strongholds. ...
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Prideaux Castle
The Prideaux family were recorded as Lords of Prideaux Castle at Luxulyan in Cornwall at the time of the Norman Conquest. Despite the french sounding name, Historians are sure this was a saxon family who on later francisized their after the norman invasion. ...
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Restormel Castle
Just a few miles from Loswithiel in Cornwall, Restormel Castle boasts a grand cicular keep atop a high mound overlooking the River Fowey. There is a full moat and lovely views out over the countryside. ...
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Sidbury Castle
Sidbury Castle is actually a large and impressive kite shaped Iron Age hill-fort to the southwest of the village of Sidbury near Sidmouth. The castle mounds are 1,300 ft long and 400ft wide. ...
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St. Mawes Castle
One of Henry VIII's great coastal fortresses ...
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Tintagel Castle
No other castle has a closer association with Arthurian legend than the proud storm battered ruins of Tintagel Castle on the Cornish Coast. ...
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Tintagel Castle
No other castle has a closer association with Arthurian legend than the proud storm battered ruins of Tintagel Castle on the Cornish Coast. ...
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Tiverton Castle
Open to the public from Easter Sunday to end of October, Tiverton Castle is a small castle comprising three round towers and one square tower originally built in 1106 by Henry I. ...
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Torrington Castle
Torrington Castle was built in 1340 by Richard de Merton and after a long period of decline was finally demolished in 1780. ...
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Woodbury Castle
Woodbury Castle is hill-top fort, on the crest of a ridge two kilometres east of Woodbury village near Budleigh Salterton in Devon. ...
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