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List of the medieval fortified sites of the historic county of Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough

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
Alderton Ringwork Castle Mound; The Mount; Alderingtune Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Althorp Olthorp Fortified Manor House no visible
Astwell Castle Astwell House Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Barby Castle Hall Close Timber Castle earthwork
Barnwell Castle Barnwell St Andrew; Bernewell Masonry Castle major building
Barton Seagrave Castle Barton Hanred Fortified Manor House earthwork
Benefield Castle Beningfield; Castrum de Beinfeld'; Castellum de Beningfeld'; Benigfelde; Beningfeud; Benyfeld Timber Castle earthwork
Billing; The Priory Fortified Manor House earthwork
Boughton House Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Brackley Castle Brackelea Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Bradden Manor Fortified Manor House no visible
Braybrooke Castle Braybrok; Braibrok Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Brigstock Manor Brixstoke Palace earthwork
Burghley House Fortified Manor House major building
Canons Ashby Castle Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Castle Ashby; The Castle Asheby David; Asscheby Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace , Fortified Manor House no visible
Castle Hymel, Fineshade Castle Hely; Humbel Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Chipping Warden Chipping Wardon; Castle Yard Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Collyweston House Masonry Castle , Palace , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Cransley Motte Great Cransley Mound Timber Castle earthwork
Culworth Berry Close Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Daventry Burnt Walls Les Brendewalles Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Drayton House Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Earls Barton Berry Mount Bury Close Timber Castle earthwork
Easton Neston House Estneston; Estone Fortified Manor House no visible
Evenley Old Town Evenly; Astwick Fortified Manor House earthwork
Farthingstone Castle Dykes Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringay; Fortheringhay; Foderingeya; Foderingeye; Fotheringeia Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace earthwork
Geddington Lodge Geddington Palace; Geddington Castle; Geitinton; Ceddington Palace no visible
Grafton Regis Manor Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Harringworth Manor Manor Cottages; Haringworth; Haryngworth Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Helmdon Manor House Fortified Manor House earthwork
Higham Ferrers Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Manor House Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
John of Gaunts Castle, Daventry Daventry Wood Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Kilsby manor of the bishop of Lincoln Palace no visible
Kings Cliffe Kings House Palace earthwork
Kingsthorpe Kyngesthorp Palace no visible
Lilbourne Castle Timber Castle earthwork
Lilbourne Roundhill Hill Ground; Lilborune Gorse Timber Castle , Siege Work earthwork
Little Houghton Motte Cliffords Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Little Houghton Ringwork Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Long Buckby The Mounts Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Longthorpe Tower Pele Tower major building
Maxey Castle Makeseye Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Moor End Castle, Yardley Godion Moreende; Moresende Masonry Castle , Palace , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Moulton Castle Hill Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Mount Thorold, Peterborough Toot Hill; Tout Hill; Touthill; Mont-Turold; Mount Torold Timber Castle earthwork
Northampton Castle Norhamtune Timber Castle , Masonry Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Northampton Town Wall Urban Defence no visible
Northborough Manor House Northborough Castle Farmhouse Fortified Manor House major building
Peterborough Abbey Precinct and Burh Fortified Ecclesiastical site , Urban Defence major building
Peterborough Bishops Palace Abbey of Peterborough Palace , Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Preston Capes Castle Prestone Timber Castle earthwork
Rockingham Castle Rokingeham Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Rothersthorpe, The Berry Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Sibbertoft Castle Yard Fox Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Silverstone Selveston Palace cropmark/slight earthwork
Sulgrave Castle Hill Salgrave Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Thorpe Waterville Castle Castle Barn; Thorp Watervill Palace , Fortified Manor House major building
Thrapston Chancery Lane Timber Castle , Masonry Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Titchmarsh Castle Tichmarsh; Tichemersh; Tychemersh Fortified Manor House no visible
Torpel Castle Ringwork Helpston; Thorpell; Torpel Manor Field Timber Castle earthwork
Torpel Manor House Lawn Wood Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Towcester Bury Mount Towcester Mote, Certhill Timber Castle earthwork
Wadenhoe Castle Close Timber Castle , Uncertain earthwork
Wakefield Hunting Lodge Wachefeld; Wakefeld' Palace no visible
Weedon Lois Castle Mound Lois Weedon; Wedone; Weedon Pinkney; Weedon St Loys; Loys Weedon Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Wollaston Beacon Hill Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Woodcroft Castle Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Alderton Motte Timber Castle , Siege Work earthwork
Barnack Castle Bomb castle close Masonry Castle no visible
Barnwell earthwork Barnwell St Andrew Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Brackley Town Walls Urban Defence no visible
Dogsthorpe Honey Hill Bluebell Hill; The Nab Timber Castle earthwork
Draughton Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
East Farndon Moot Hill Hall Close Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Higham Ferrers Town Defences Urban Defence no visible
Kings Sutton Rainsborough Camp; Charlton Camp Timber Castle earthwork
Marholm Rampart Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Rushton Gaultney; Galclint; Galchlin Timber Castle uncertain
Sibbertoft Moot Hill Timber Castle no visible
Steane Castle Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Towcester Town Defences Urban Defence earthwork
Wootton Berry Lane Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork

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


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