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Castles in the County of Staffordshire
Name Type Confidence Remains Photos
Alton Castle   Masonry Castle  Certain  Masonry ruins/remnants  Images Available
Ashley Castle Hill   Timber Castle  Questionable  Earthworks   
Auctioneers Mound, Loggerheads   Timber Castle  Possible  Earthworks   
Audley Castle Hill   Timber Castle Masonry Castle  Certain  Earthworks  Images Available
Badger Slade Earthwork   Timber Castle  Rejected  Earthworks   
Beaudesert Hall   Fortified Manor House Palace  Possible  Nothing visible   
Bescot Hall   Fortified Manor House  Certain  Nothing visible   
Biddulph Lea Forge   Timber Castle  Certain  Earthworks   
Bilston, Pype Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Nothing visible   
Blithewood Moat, Checkley   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Earthworks   
Blithfield Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry footings   
Brewood Manor of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield   Palace  Possible  Nothing visible   
Burton Upon Trent Abbey   Artillery Fort Fortified Manor House  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Burton Upon Trent Bridge   Urban Defence  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Burton Upon Trent Castle   Timber Castle  Possible  Nothing visible   
Caldewelle Hall   Fortified Manor House  Questionable  Cropmarks/slight earthworks   
Cannock Castle Ring   Fortified Manor House Palace  Possible  Earthworks  Images Available
Cannock Manor of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield   Palace  Possible  Nothing visible   
Castle Church Village Defences   Urban Defence  Questionable  Cropmarks/slight earthworks   
Caverswall Castle   Masonry Castle Fortified Manor House  Certain  Masonry ruins/remnants   
Chartley Castle   Timber Castle Masonry Castle  Certain  Masonry ruins/remnants  Images Available
Cheadle, Huntley Castle   Timber Castle  Possible  Uncertain   
Chebsey   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Nothing visible   
Chesterton under Lyme   Timber Castle  Rejected  Nothing visible   
Coppenhall Gorse   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Earthworks   
Croxall   Timber Castle  Possible  Earthworks   
Darlaston   Timber Castle  Rejected  Nothing visible   
Dudley Castle   Masonry Castle Timber Castle  Certain  Major  Images Available
Eccleshall Castle   Masonry Castle Fortified Manor House Palace  Certain  Masonry ruins/remnants   
Farewell Mill Farm   Timber Castle  Rejected  Earthworks   
Forest of Kinver Hunting Lodge   Palace  Possible  Masonry footings   
Haughton Rectory   Timber Castle  Questionable  Cropmarks/slight earthworks   
Healy, near Eccleshall   Timber Castle  Questionable  Uncertain   
Heighley Castle   Timber Castle Masonry Castle  Certain  Masonry ruins/remnants   
Himley Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Nothing visible   
Kibblestone   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Nothing visible   
Langton Manor of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield   Palace  Possible  Nothing visible   
Lichfield Castle   Timber Castle  Possible  Nothing visible   
Lichfield Cathedral Close and Bishop Palace   Fortified Ecclesiastical site Palace Masonry Castle  Certain  Masonry footings   
Lichfield City Defences   Urban Defence  Certain  Nothing visible   
Littywood Moat   Timber Castle Fortified Manor House  Possible  Earthworks   
Mavesyn Ridware Old Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry ruins/remnants   
Newcastle under Lyme Castle   Timber Castle Masonry Castle  Certain  Masonry footings   
Norbury Hall   Fortified Manor House  Certain  Masonry footings   
Okeover; The Hallsteads   Fortified Manor House  Questionable  Earthworks   
Old Madeley Manor   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry ruins/remnants  Images Available
Pillaton Old Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry ruins/remnants  Images Available
Radmore   Timber Castle Palace Fortified Manor House  Questionable  Earthworks   
Rodbaston Old Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Earthworks   
Rugeley Manor of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield   Palace  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Rushall Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry ruins/remnants   
Saxon's Low, Tittensor Common   Timber Castle  Questionable  Earthworks   
Shareshill Moat   Fortified Manor House  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Shortwood motte, Standon   Timber Castle  Possible  Earthworks   
Shugborough Hall   Palace  Possible  Nothing visible   
Stafford Castle (Kings Castle)   Timber Castle  Certain  Nothing visible   
Stafford Castle, Castlechurch   Timber Castle Tower House  Certain  Masonry footings  Images Available
Stafford Town Defences   Urban Defence  Certain  Cropmarks/slight earthworks   
Stone   Timber Castle  Questionable  Earthworks   
Stourbridge Town Gates   Urban Defence  Possible  Nothing visible   
Stourton Castle   Timber Castle Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry ruins/remnants   
Swan Bank, Caverswall   Timber Castle  Possible  Earthworks   
Swynnerton   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Nothing visible   
Tamworth Town Wall   Urban Defence  Certain  Nothing visible   
Trentham Castle Field   Timber Castle  Possible  Nothing visible   
Tutbury Castle   Timber Castle Masonry Castle  Certain  Masonry ruins/remnants  Images Available
Tutbury Town Defences   Urban Defence  Possible  Nothing visible   
Tyrley Castle   Timber Castle Masonry Castle  Certain  Cropmarks/slight earthworks    
Walsall Castle   Masonry Castle  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Walsall Moat   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Cropmarks/slight earthworks   
Wednesbury   Timber Castle  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Weston Jones Motte   Timber Castle  Possible  Earthworks   
Wightwick Motte   Timber Castle  Questionable  Cropmarks/slight earthworks   
Wolseley Hall   Fortified Manor House  Possible  Masonry footings   
Wood Eaton   Timber Castle  Questionable  Nothing visible   
Yoxall Town Hill   Timber Castle Fortified Manor House  Possible  Earthworks   

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