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

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
Aldingham Grange Moat Farm Fortified Manor House earthwork
Aldingham Motte Moat Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Arkholme with Cawood Chapel Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Ashton Hall Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Blackrod Castle Croft Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Borwick Hall Pele Tower major building
Bradlegh Old Hall Bradley Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Broughton in Amounderness Broughton in Preston Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower cropmark/slight earthwork
Broughton Tower The Towers, Broughton in Furness Pele Tower major building
Buckton Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Bury Castle, Lancashire Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Clitheroe Castle Cliderow; Cliderhow; Cliderhou; Clitherow Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Clitheroe; The Alleys Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower uncertain
Coniston Hall Pele Tower , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Croston Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Dalton in Furness Dalton Castle Pele Tower major building
Dolphinholme Castle Hill Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Farleton Castle Camp house Fortified Manor House earthwork
Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Gleaston Castle, Aldingham Glaiston; Muchland; Gleason Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Greenhalgh Castle Grenhaugh; Grenall Masonry Castle , Tower House masonry ruins/remnants
Gresgarth Hall Greagarth; Grassyard Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Halton Castle Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Hampsfield Hall Pele Hamsfell Pele Tower masonry footings
Hapton Castle Fortified Manor House , Masonry Castle , Pele Tower masonry footings
Hapton Tower Tower House , Pele Tower no visible
Hawkshead Old Hall Fortified Manor House major building
Heysham Tower Pele Tower no visible
Hoghton Tower Houghton Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower no visible
Hornby Castle, Lancashire Orneby Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Hornby Castlestede Castle Stede; Castleton; Orneby Timber Castle earthwork
Ightenhill Park Manor Hightenhull Palace cropmark/slight earthwork
Kirkby Hall Cross House; Kirkby Ireleth; Kirkby Cross Pele Tower no visible
Lancaster Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle major building
Lathom House Latun; Lathun; Latheham Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Liverpool Castle Leverepul Masonry Castle no visible
Liverpool Stanley Tower The Tower; Lyverpole Fortified Town House no visible
Lowick Hall Tower of de Lofwic Pele Tower uncertain
Manchester Castle Mamecestre; Mainecestr'; Chetham College Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Manchester Hanging Bridge and Town Defences Old Man Castle; Hanging Ditch Fortified Bridge , Urban Defence masonry footings
Maurholme Manor Wharton; Morhull; Mirhull; Mourholme; Merhull; Halstead; Halsteads; Dock Acres Farm Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Melling with Wrayton Castle Mount Melling Motte Timber Castle earthwork
Nevill Hall Nevyll Hall Pele Tower no visible
Newton in Makerfield Neuton in Makerfeld Fortified Manor House no visible
Newton le Willows Castle Hill Newton in Makerfield; Golborne Gates Timber Castle earthwork
Pennington Castle Hill Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Penwortham Castle Hill Peneworth; Peneverdant Timber Castle earthwork
Piel Castle Fouldry; The Peel of Fouldry; The Pile of Fotheray; Fowdray; Peele Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Preston Castle, Lancashire Tulketh Timber Castle no visible
Radcliffe Tower Radclif; Fair Helen's Tower Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Rochdale Castle Hill Castleton; castelli de Racheham Timber Castle no visible
Smithills Hall Smithells Hall Fortified Manor House major building
Thurland Castle Thusland; Thorslond; Fyrrelande Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Towneley Hall Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Turton Tower Pele Tower major building
Up Holland Upholland; Holland; Holand Fortified Manor House no visible
Warrington Mote Hill Moat Hill; The Mount Timber Castle no visible
West Derby Castle Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Whalley Abbey Whalleye Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Whittington Hall Pele Tower cropmark/slight earthwork
Whittington Motte Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Wraysholme Tower, Lower Allithwaite Raysholm; Rasome; Razin; Bazin Pele Tower major building
Abbot Hall Fortified Manor House no visible
Bardsea Hall Fortified Manor House no visible
Birtle Castle Hill Timber Castle no visible
Borwick Motte Timber Castle uncertain
Broughton Hall Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Cartmel Castle Meadows Uncertain no visible
Cartmel Priory Gatehouse Fortified Ecclesiastical site major building
Culcheth Culchet; Chulch Timber Castle no visible
Elmslack tower Pele Tower no visible
Frith Hall, Upper Holker Fryth Hall Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Furness Abbey Fortified Ecclesiastical site , Pele Tower major building
Halton Castle, Lathom Horton; Alton; Olton Fortified Manor House earthwork
Harrington's Dyke Roeburndale Linear Defence or Dyke uncertain
Hermitage Hill, Conishead Priory Masonry Castle , Uncertain uncertain
Heslop Pele Tower uncertain
High Haume, Dalton in Furness High Haulme; Hougun Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Hindley Castle Hill Timber Castle no visible
Ireby Over Hall Tottersgill; Fothergill Hall; Nether Hall Pele Tower major building
Kirkby Cherchebi Uncertain no visible
Lancaster Town Wall Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Leighton Hall Leighton Conyers; Yeland Fortified Manor House uncertain
Low Coppice Fort Tilberthwaite; Tillesbure; Tillesburc Uncertain cropmark/slight earthwork
Lower Allithwaite, The Old Castle Bishop's Tithe Allotment Uncertain no visible
Marton Peel Tower Hall stede Timber Castle , Pele Tower , Fortified Manor House no visible
Nico Ditch Mickle Ditch; Nikker; Mykelldiche Linear Defence or Dyke earthwork
Peel Island Piel Island; Montagu Island, Coniston Water Uncertain uncertain
Pennington Eller Barrow Coninger Wood; Ella-barrow Timber Castle earthwork
Plumpton Hall Fortified Manor House no visible
Samlesbury Lower Hall Gospatricks Pele Tower no visible
Skelwith Pull Beck Redding Coppice Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Stand Old Hall Fortified Manor House no visible
Stoneyhurst mounds Stonyhurst; Whalley Timber Castle earthwork
Towneley Castle Hill Timber Castle uncertain
Ulverston Castle Uncertain no visible
Walton Hall Fortified Manor House no visible
Whitewell Hall Hill Radun Park Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork

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


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