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

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
Acton Court Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Almondsbury Court Farm Almondesbury Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Alveston Hunting Lodge Palace no visible
Barrs Court Barrescourte Fortified Manor House earthwork
Berkeley Castle Sharpness; Ness; Betthone; Berkelai; Barkley; Berkley Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
Beverstone Castle Beverston; Beverstane Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Bibury Bishops Manor Beybiri Palace no visible
Bledisloe Tump, Awre Timber Castle no visible
Botyngton Bodington; Boddington Fortified Manor House no visible
Bridge of St John, Lechlade Fortified Bridge no visible
Brimpsfield Castle Brimsfield; Brymmesfeld; Brimesfeld; Brymesfeld Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry footings
Brimpsfield; The Rookery Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Bristol Avon Bridge Fortified Bridge no visible
Bristol Bishops Palace Palace no visible
Bristol Bridewell Bridge Monken-brigge; Monk's bridge; Monken bridge Fortified Bridge no visible
Bristol Castle Bristowe Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry footings
Bristol Town Wall Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Cirencester Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Cirencester Town Wall Urban Defence masonry footings
Cleeve Hall Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Coberley Castle Cubberly; Cow Berkeley Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Cromhall Crumhale Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower no visible
Culverden Culverton; Willington Court Fortified Manor House no visible
Damery Old Castle, Alkington Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Dursley Castle Durslea; Drisilege Castel; Doursley Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Dymock Castle Tump Dimoc; Castletump; Aylesmore Timber Castle earthwork
Eastington Manor House Fortified Manor House no visible
English Bicknor Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
English Bicknor Village Defences Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Gloucester Bishops Palace Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Gloucester Castles Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Gloucester City Wall Gloucestre; Gloucestrie Urban Defence masonry footings
Gloucester Westgate Bridge Great Bridge Fortified Bridge no visible
Hailes Castle, Stanway Hayles Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Harescombe Castle Horescombe; Castellum de Havyscombe prope Paynynswicke Timber Castle , Masonry Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Haresfield Mount Timber Castle earthwork
Hartpury Abbots Court Abbot Place; Abbotts Court Fortified Manor House , Palace earthwork
Henbury Bishops Palace Henbury in the Saltmarsh; Westbury on Trym Palace no visible
Hewelsfield Motte Timber Castle , Masonry Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Hillesley Ringwork Very Croft; Berry Croft; Hawkesbury; Hillsley Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Icomb Place Iccomb Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Kempsford Manor Lady Maud's walk Fortified Manor House no visible
King John's Castle, Tewkesbury Mythe Castle Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower , Palace major building
Kingsholm Palace Palace no visible
Lasborough Motte Timber Castle earthwork
Little Camp Hill, Lydney Outpost Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Little Compton Parva Cumpton Palace , Fortified Manor House no visible
Littledean Camp Little Dean Camp; Old Castle of Dene Timber Castle earthwork
Lower Noverton Moat Prestbury Court Fortified Manor House no visible
Lower Oddington palace Palace no visible
Lower Slaughter Church of St Mary Siege Work no visible
Miserden Castle La Musardere Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Moreton Valence Moat Fortified Manor House earthwork
Mosleyescastel, West Dean Moseley; Castrum de Moseleye Uncertain no visible
Newark Park, Ozleworth Fortified Manor House , Palace major building
Newington Bagpath Motte, Kingscote Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Newnham on Severn Castle House Timber Castle earthwork
Newnham Town Defences Urban Defence no visible
Olveston Court Olstone Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Over; The Vineyard Palace earthwork
Painswick Castle Hale Castle Halle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle uncertain
Prestbury Moat Shaw Green; Presteberie Palace earthwork
Pucklechurch Moat House Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Quedgeley Manor Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Quenington Court Fortified Ecclesiastical site earthwork
Rodmarton Place Fortified Manor House no visible
Ruardean Castle Ruardyn Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Seynteleyscastel, Ruspidge Saintlow; Turner's Tump; Seinteleye Uncertain no visible
South Cerney Castle Cerne; Cernei Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
St Briavels Castle Breulis; Lydney Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
St Briavels Stow Green Castle Tump; Stowe Camp; Old Castle of Dene Timber Castle earthwork
Stanley Pontlarge; The Cottage Stanley Poundelarge; The Court House; The Priest's House Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Staunton Coleford Castle Field The Castle Meadow; Castle ditch Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Sudeley Castle Sudley; Sudleagh; Sudleie Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Taynton Castle Wood Huntley Castle Timber Castle earthwork
Taynton Parva Taynton Old Church; Swan Tump Timber Castle earthwork
Tetbury Castle Tetbury Camp; Swinnerdown-Castle Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Tewkesbury Holme Castle Holm Hill; Holmes; The Vineyards Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Tewkesbury; The Mythe Tute Royal Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Thornbury Castle Thournebury Masonry Castle , Palace major building
Upper Slaughter Castle Home Farm Timber Castle earthwork
Wanswell Court Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Westbury Court Fortified Manor House no visible
Westbury Old Ley Court Westubury Fortified Manor House earthwork
Weston Park, Saintbury Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Weston-Sub-Edge Giffard's Manor Fortified Manor House earthwork
Whitminster House Whitenhurst; Wheatenhurst Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Wick Court, Arlingham The Wyck Fortified Manor House no visible
Winchcombe Abbey Winchcomb; Wynchecombe Fortified Ecclesiastical site no visible
Winchcombe Castle Winchcomb; Ivy Castle; Winchelcomam Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Winchcombe Town Defences Winchcomb Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Withington Manor Widindon; Whityngdon in Coteshold; Whittington Palace , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Yate Court Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Alderton Dixton Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Awre Bailey Close Uncertain no visible
Awre Hill Bailey Croft Uncertain no visible
Ayleford Cern Hill Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Blakeney, Awre Uncertain no visible
Boulsdon Manor, Newent Boulesdon Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Brimpsfield 'Castle Hill' Nettleton Timber Castle no visible
Brimpsfield Caudle Green Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Cadbury Heath castri de Cadebir Palace uncertain
Castle Godwyn, Painswick Paradise Farm Timber Castle earthwork
Castle of Croydone Castle of Croydon Timber Castle no visible
Churchdown manor of the archbishop of York Palace no visible
Clements Farm Mound, Miserden New Seal Wood Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Drakestone Point, Stinchcombe Dursley; Durslea Timber Castle earthwork
Dymock; The Old Rock Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Eastbach Court Castle Hill Timber Castle no visible
Emmas Grove, Coberley Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Hasfield Court Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Hewelsfield Castle A Buff Timber Castle no visible
High Woolaston Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Lower Oddington motte Timber Castle no visible
Nass Point Timber Castle no visible
Ness, Hinton Timber Castle no visible
Newent Town Defences Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Oxenhall 'motte' Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Ozleworth Church Tower Fortified Manor House uncertain
Ragman's Castle Timber Castle uncertain
Soudley Camp East Dean Timber Castle earthwork
Staverton Hunting Lodge The Old Manor Palace major building
Stow on the Wold Town Defences Maethelgeres Byrig Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Taynton Mote Farm Fortified Manor House no visible
Tetbury Town Defences Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Tewkesbury Queen Margarets Camp Timber Castle earthwork
Tewkesbury Town Gates Urban Defence no visible
Upton St Leonard moat Kimsbury; Castle End Bungalow Fortified Manor House uncertain
Wall-by-Aldsworth Urban Defence earthwork
Weston-Sub-Edge manor of the bishop of Worcester Latimer's Palace no visible
Woodchester Castle of the Wood; Castellum de Silva Timber Castle no visible
Wragg Castle Ragged Castle Uncertain uncertain
Wyke Bishops Palace Wyck Palace no visible

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


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