Shropshire
See also: Map of castles in ShropshireCastles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
- Apley Castle
- Belan Bank (Kinnerley)
- Bishop's Castle
- Bryn Amlwg Castle
- Buckhurst Castle
- Bucknell Castle
- Caus Castle
- Charlton Castle
- Cleobury Castle
- Clungunford Castle
- Colebatch Castle
- Corfham Castle
- Ellesmere Castle
- Hodnet Castle
- Holdgate Castle
- Knockin Castle
- Lea Castle
- Little Ness Castle
- Middlehope Castle
- Minton Castle
- Myddle Castle
- Oswestry Castle
- Pulverbatch Castle
- Rushbury Castle
- Ruyton-XI-Towns Castle
- Shrawardine Castle
- Stapleton Castle
- The Beacon (Bretchel)
- Tong Castle
- Tyrley Castle
- West Felton Castle
- Wilcott Castle
- Wollaston Castle
- Yockleton Castle
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Acton Burnell Castle | Fortified manor house | 1201 !13th century | Ruins | EH ! | Shell, used as a barn in the 18th century. | |
Alberbury Castle | Castle | 1201 !13th century | Fragmentary remains | HAL ! | ||
Bridgnorth Castle | Keep and bailey | 1101 !12th century | Fragmentary remains | HC ! | Slighted in 1645. | |
Broncroft Castle | Fortified manor house | 1301 !14th century | Intact | Private | Renovated in the 19th century. | |
Cheney Longville Castle | Fortified manor house | 1301 !14–17th century | Part habitable | Private | Building At Risk. | |
Clun Castle | Keep and bailey | 1201 !13th century | Fragmentary remains | EH ! | Ruins of keep built onto side of motte. | |
Hopton Castle | Keep and bailey | 1301 !14th century | Ruins | HC ! | ||
Ludlow Castle | Keep and bailey | 1001 !11–14th century | Ruins | HC ! Earl of Powis |
One of the great Welsh border castles. | |
Moreton Corbet Castle | Keep | 1101 !12th century | Fragmentary remains | EH ! | Adjoining ruins of a 16th-century building. | |
Quatford Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1830 !c. 1830 | Intact | Private | Nearby are earthwork remains of the medieval Quatford Castle. | |
Red Castle | Castle | 1201 !13th century | Fragmentary remains. | HC ! | Adapted as a feature of Hawkstone Park, an 18th-century landscape garden. Building At Risk. | |
Rowton Castle | Sham castle | 1701 !18–19th century | Intact | Hotel | On site of medieval castle, remodelled in 1809–12 by George Wyatt. | |
Shrewsbury Castle | Castle | 1101 !12th century | Rebuilt | HM ! Shropshire Council |
Restored and extended in 1642, altered c. 1790 by Telford. | |
Stokesay Castle | Fortified manor house | 1201 !13–14th century | Intact | EH ! | Restored in the 19th century. | |
Wattlesborough Castle | Castle | 1201 !13–14th century | Fragment | Private | Near Rowton, keep/tower survives, adjoining Wattlesborough Hall. | |
Whittington Castle | Keep and bailey | 1101 !12–13th century | Fragments | HC ! Local community |
Gatehouse towers survive. |
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