Well-Preserved Motte-and-Bailey Castles in England

England retains numerous motte-and-bailey sites, including:

• Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
• Bramber Castle, West Sussex
• Castle Acre, Norfolk
• Clun Castle, Shropshire
• Conisbrough Castle, South Yorkshire
• Easingwold Castle, North Yorkshire
• Guildford Castle, Surrey
• Hedingham Castle, Essex
• Helmsley Castle, North Yorkshire
• Knaresborough Castle, North Yorkshire
• Launceston Castle, Cornwall
• Leicester Castle, Leicestershire
• Lewes Castle, East Sussex
• Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire
• Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
• Middleham Castle, North Yorkshire
• Montacute Castle, Somerset
• Norham Castle, Northumberland
• Oxford Castle, Oxfordshire
• Pevensey Castle, East Sussex
• Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire
• Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire
• Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire
• Rochester Castle, Kent
• Sandal Castle, West Yorkshire
• Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire
• Skipton Castle, North Yorkshire
• Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
• Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
• Tonbridge Castle, Kent
• Totnes Castle, Devon
• Warkworth Castle, Northumberland
• Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
• Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Many were later rebuilt in stone but retain the original motte-and-bailey layout.