List of Castles in England

Somerset

Main article: List of castles in Somerset See also: Map of castles in Somerset

Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Banwell Castle	Neo-romantic castle	1848 !c. 1848	Intact	Restaurant	Architect not known.
Beckington Castle		1601 !17th century	Rebuilt	Company HQ	Medieval remains incorporated in later building.
Dunster Castle	Castle	1201 !13–19th century	Rebuilt	ENT !	Existing house dates largely from c. 1571, with 18–19th-century alterations.
Farleigh Hungerford Castle	Enclosure castle	1301 !14–15th century	Ruins	EH !	On high ground above the River Frome.
Newton St Loe Castle	Fortified manor house	1301 !14th century	Fragment	Bath Spa University	Large tower and gatehouse, altered in the 16–17th century.
Nunney Castle	Quadrangular castle	1373 !1373	Ruins	EH !	Towers originally had conical roofs, north wall collapsed in 1910.
Stogursey Castle	Motte and bailey	1001 !11–12th century	Fragmentary remains	Landmark Trust	17th-century house built within the remains of the castle.
Sutton Court	Fortified manor house	1301 !14–15th century	Fragment	Private apartments	Short length of embattled wall and a tower survive, incorporated in large house, restored in the 19th century.
Taunton Castle	Shell keep	1201 !13th century	Restored	HM !	Now houses the Museum of Somerset, Castle Hotel incorporates remains of an outer gatehouse.
Walton Castle	Sham castle	1615 !1615–20	Restored	Private	Restored as private house 20th century.
Wells Bishop's Palace	Fortified palace	1201 !13–15th century	Substantially intact	HH ! Church of England	Adjacent to cathedral, residence of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

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