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...ilitary station. There is evidence that the Romans had a signal station on Castle Hills just to the west of the town as part of the imperial Roman postal sys ...to regroup in sufficient number to besiege and capture [[Wark on Tyne|Wark Castle]]. ...

Two miles north-west lie the earthwork remains of '''Taynton Castle''', a ring motte of C11-C12 date. ...

...oldest parts of the village. Evidence of an early Norman motte-and-bailey castle has been suggested close to the village square and buildings remain in the ...

...of an earthwork in Castle Park are thought to have been a motte-and-bailey castle constructed in the 11th century shortly after the Conquest.<ref>{{cite book ...

...liam de Picot, (also known as Picot de Say), with his chief domain at Clun Castle. ...earth mound at The Olde Farm in Bucknell is the remains of a Norman motte castle situated on the banks of the River Redlake, close to a river crossing point ...

|name=Castle Bromwich ...h beyond the M6 is the [[River Tame, Staffordshire|River Tame]] and then [[Castle Vale]] and [[Erdington]], both within the conurbation, while north-eastward ...

...Council: REVIEW OF COMMUNITIES|accessdate=2009-10-31}}</ref> and [[Picton Castle]]'s stable block loft is an important breeding roost for the rare Greater H ===Picton Castle=== ...

...op of Monmouth. The Normans arrived from around 1088–1093 to build Newport Castle and river crossing downstream and the first Norman Lord of Newport was Robe ...port city centre. The original Newport Castle was a small Motte-and-bailey castle in the park opposite [[Newport Cathedral]]. It was buried in rubble excavat ...

...[East Coast Main Line]] railway. It has town walls, a large though ruined castle, and a large Georgian market place. ...on an important Roman road, the [[Fosse Way]]. The town grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large marketplace, now lined with historic buildings. It ...

...1154.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shoutluton.com/page8.html |title=Luton Castle only lasted 15 years|accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref> During the Middle Ages L ..., King John granted Falkes de Breauté the manor of Luton, where he built a castle alongside St Mary's Church. His house received the name "Fawkes Hall", sub ...

|picture=Morpeth Castle.jpg ...n came into the possession of the de Merlay family, and a motte and bailey castle had been constructed by 1095.<ref name="keys"/> Newminster Abbey was founde ...

...eenth century, many of which were constructed using raw materials from the castle. ...Ravensworth Castle - geograph.org.uk - 2380905.jpg|thumb|250px|Ravensworth Castle]] ...

...wed on him. He made [[Stafford]] his principal seat, where he had a strong castle and assumed his surname from thence.<ref>William Dugdale, ''The Antiquities ...entury, whilst the one on the North side is to Thomas Walker, of [[Studley Castle]], Lord of the Manor of Morton Bagot, who died in 1887. John Burman noted t ...

...garded as the base of a Norman castle, and on that basis was renamed 'Aber Castle Mound' by the Ancient Monuments Board. E. S. Armitage, in The Early Norman ...'chamber', and there is no evidence that there was ever a motte and bailey castle at Aber. It has been suggested that it might be a much earlier mound built ...

===Cot Castle=== ...belonged to the Hamiltons in the year 1500.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cot (Kat) Castle|url=http://www.stonehouseonline.org.uk/castles.html|website=Stonehouse Onli ...

...man period<ref>Ellis,quoted in Norman John Greville Pounds, ''The medieval castle in England and Wales: a social and political history'' 1993:17.</ref> Each ! colspan="1" | Castle ...

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...orthern frontier of Mercia against the Norse in 915. The fort was built on Castle Rock overlooking the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nickson|1887 [[File:Halton Castle engraving.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Halton Castle in the 18th century]] ...

In the 11th century, the Normans built a motte and bailey castle on the site. Bury Mount are the remains of the fortification and is a sched ...

...or their Lieutenants resided at [[Mont Orgueil]] and later at [[Elizabeth Castle]], although the latter's position on a tidal island meant that for convenie ...