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==Lincolnshire== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: LβW#Lincolnshire|label 1=Map of castles in Lincolnshire}} Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Barrow upon Humber|Barrow upon Humber Castle]] *[[Bourne Castle]] *[[Bytham Castle]] *[[Carlton Castle]] *[[Folkingham|Folkingham Castle]] *[[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough Castle]] *[[Goltho|Goltho Castle]]<sup>β ;</sup> *[[Hough-on-the-Hill|Hough-on-the-Hill Castle]] *[[Heydour|Heydour Castle]] *[[Kingerby Castle]] *[[Owston Ferry Castle|Owston Ferry (Kinaird) Castle]] *[[Sleaford Castle]] *[[Stamford, Lincolnshire#Castle|Stamford Castle]] *[[Tothill#Toot Hill|Tothill Castle]] *[[Welbourn#Village|Welbourn Castle]] *[[Withern|Withern Castle]] }} <sup>β </sup> Goltho Castle was built on the site of a [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] fortified dwelling of c. 850, established by excavation.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=351512 "Goltho Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008010348/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=351512 |date=2012-10-08 }} PSC.</ref> {{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 |- |[[Bolingbroke Castle]] |Enclosure castle |{{sort|1201|13β14th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Old-Bolingbroke-Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Slighted after brief siege in 1643.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=354204 "Bolingbroke Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104254/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=354204 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Grimsthorpe Castle]] |Country house |{{sort|1201|13th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Grimsthorpe Castle - North Facade.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Remodelled in 18th and 19th centuries, retains a 13th-century south-east tower.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348511 "Grimsthorpe Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001101651/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348511 |date=2012-10-01 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Boston, Lincolnshire#Landmarks|Hussey Tower]] |Tower house |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Hussey Tower, Boston, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 62845.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=353942 "Hussey Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125746/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=353942 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[South Kyme|Kyme Tower]] |Castle |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Fragment |[[File:South Kyme Tower - geograph.org.uk - 625619.jpg|90px]] |Private |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=351033 "Kyme Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002081135/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=351033 |date=2012-10-02 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lincoln Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β13th century}} |Substantially intact |[[File:Lincoln Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>Local Authority |Double motte and bailey.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=326536 "Lincoln Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104302/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=326536 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Boston, Lincolnshire#Landmarks|Rochford Tower]] |Fortified house |{{sort|1401|15β16th century}} |Fragment |[[File:The Rochford Tower, Boston, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 148581.jpg|90px]] |Private |2 miles east of [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=353869 "Rochford Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190115/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=353869 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Somerton Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1281|1281β1305}} |Fragment |[[File:Somerton Castle-Geograph-1055631-by-Richard-Croft.jpg|90px]] |Private |Single tower survives, adjoining a 17th-century building.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=326074 "Somerton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930231621/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=326074 |date=2012-09-30 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Tattershall Castle (Lincolnshire)|Tattershall Castle]] |Tower |{{sort|1430|1430s}} |Intact |[[File:Tattershall castle keep.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Brick tower built for [[Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell|Ralph Cromwell]], restored in 1911β25 by [[Lord Curzon]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=352629 "Tattershall Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104312/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=352629 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Torksey Castle]] |Semi-fortified house |{{sort|1501|16th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Torksey Castle - geograph.org.uk - 47205.jpg|90px]] |Private |Slighted during English Civil War.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=324673 "Torksey Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007104321/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=324673 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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