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==Lancashire== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: LβW#Lancashire|label 1=Map of castles in Lancashire}} Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Arkholme-with-Cawood|Arkholme Motte]] *[[Hornby-with-Farleton#Hornby|Castle Stede]] *[[Greenhalgh Castle]] *[[Halton Castle, Lancashire|Halton Castle]] *[[Hapton, Lancashire|Hapton Castle]] *[[Arkholme-with-Cawood|Melling Motte]] *[[Penwortham Castle]] *[[Arkholme-with-Cawood|Whittington Motte]] }} {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" width="100%" !width="12%"|Name !width="10%"|Type !width="8%" |Date !width="10%"|Condition !class="unsortable" width="94"|Image !width="10%"|Ownership / Access !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |[[Ashton Hall]] |Tower house |{{sort|1301|14β19th century}} |Intact |[[File:Ashton Hall, south tower - geograph.org.uk - 1674506.jpg|90px]] |Lancaster Golf Club |Near [[Stodday]], 14th-century tower incorporated into a later building.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=40973 "Ashton Hall"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190047/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=40973 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Borwick Hall]] |Pele tower |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Intact |[[File:Borwick Hall, Lancashire (geograph 2173255).jpg|90px]] |Outdoor education centre |Incorporated in mainly 16th-century building.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=43059 "Borwick Hall"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104107/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=43059 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Clitheroe Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β12th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Clitheroe Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1100108.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=44689 "Clitheroe Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930115159/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=44689 |date=2012-09-30 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Hornby Castle, Lancashire|Hornby Castle]] |Keep |{{sort|1201|13th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Hornby Castle, Lancashire (3).jpg|90px]] |Private |Keep rebuilt early 16th century, incorporated into an 18β19th-century house.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=42912 "Hornby Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104120/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=42912 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lancaster Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β12th century}} |Intact |[[File:Lancaster Castle Ashton Memorial.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>Local authority |Prison from 1745, 20th-century Shire Hall replaced medieval buildings, now [[Crown Court]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=41218 "Lancaster Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104142/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=41218 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Thurland Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Rebuilt |[[File:geograph-1896885-by-Karl-and-Ali.jpg|90px]] |Private apartments |Near [[Tunstall, Lancashire|Tunstall]], ruins rebuilt in 1879β85.<ref name="Thurland-P"/> |- |[[Turton Tower]] |Pele tower |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Intact |[[File:Turton Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1271895.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Incorporated in later building.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=44320 "Turton Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104205/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=44320 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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