Lincolnshire
See also: Map of castles in LincolnshireCastles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
- Barrow upon Humber Castle
- Bourne Castle
- Bytham Castle
- Carlton Castle
- Folkingham Castle
- Gainsborough Castle
- Goltho Castle†
- Hough-on-the-Hill Castle
- Heydour Castle
- Kingerby Castle
- Owston Ferry (Kinaird) Castle
- Sleaford Castle
- Stamford Castle
- Tothill Castle
- Welbourn Castle
- Withern Castle
† Goltho Castle was built on the site of a Saxon fortified dwelling of c.850, established by excavation.
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Bolingbroke Castle | Enclosure castle | 1201 !13–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | EH ! | Slighted after brief siege in 1643. | |
Grimsthorpe Castle | Castle | 1201 !13th century | Fragment | HH ! | Remodelled in 18th and 19th centuries, retains a 13th-century south-east tower. | |
Hussey Tower | Tower house | 1301 !14–15th century | Ruins | HC ! | ||
Kyme Tower | Castle | 1301 !14th century | Fragment | Private | ||
Lincoln Castle | Keep and bailey | 1001 !11–13th century | Substantially intact | HC ! Local Authority |
Double motte and bailey. | |
Rochford Tower | Fortified house | 1401 !15–16th century | Fragment | Private | 2 miles east of Boston. | |
Somerton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1281 !1281–1305 | Fragment | Private | Single tower survives, adjoining a 17th-century building. | |
Tattershall Castle | Tower | 1430 !1430s | Intact | ENT ! | Brick tower built for Ralph Cromwell, restored in 1911-25 by Lord Curzon. | |
Torksey Castle | Semi-fortified house | 1501 !16th century | Fragmentary ruins | Private | Slighted during English Civil War. |
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