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List of the Medieval Fortified Sites of the historic county of Hampshire, Isle of Wight

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
Carisbrooke Castle Alwinestone; Karebroc Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
East Cowes Old Castle Point; EastCow Artillery Fort , Chain Tower no visible
Fisshehous Fishhouse Artillery Fort , Uncertain no visible
Freshwater 'Fort' Artillery Fort no visible
Freshwater Manor Fresshewater Fortified Manor House no visible
Gurnard Fort Gurnard Castle; Gurnerds fortt Artillery Fort no visible
Isle of Wight fortalices The abbot's mill and other places Artillery Fort no visible
Nettlestone point Nettlesheigh fort Artillery Fort no visible
Quarr Abbey Quarrera Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Ryde Fort Artillery Fort no visible
Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight Sandham Castle; Sandumffort Artillery Fort no visible
Shamlord Peel Shamelhorde; Shamblord; Shamblers Urban Defence no visible
Sharpenrode Bulwark Sconce Point; Careys Sconce Artillery Fort no visible
St Helens Fort Artillery Fort no visible
Swainston Manor, Calbourne Swainstone Palace major building
West Cowes Cowes Castle; Cowfort Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Worsleys Tower, Sharpnode Point Sharpenrode; Round Tower Point Artillery Fort no visible
Yarbridge Battery Artillery Fort no visible
Yarmouth Castle Artillery Fort major building
Yarmouth Town Defenses Urban Defence no visible

This listing was last updated on Monday, June 17, 2013


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