List of Castles in England - Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

See also: Map of castles in Lincolnshire

Castles 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
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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