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==Somerset== {{main|List of castles in Somerset}} {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: LβW#Somerset|label 1=Map of castles in Somerset}} Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Ballands Castle]] *[[Bridgwater Castle]] *[[Bury Castle, Somerset|Bury Castle]] *[[Cary Castle]] *[[Castle Batch|Castle Batch (Worle)]] *[[Castle Neroche]] *[[Cockroad Wood Castle]] *[[Crewkerne Castle]] *[[Culverhay Castle]] *[[Fenny Castle]] *[[Montacute Castle]] *[[Richmont Castle]] *[[Stowey Castle]] }} {{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 |- |[[Banwell Castle]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|1848|c. 1848}} |Intact |[[File:Banwell Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1126175.jpg|90px]] |Restaurant |Architect not known.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=194562 "Banwell Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009130030/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=194562 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Beckington Castle]] | |{{sort|1601|17th century}} |Rebuilt |[[File:Beckington Castle - geograph.org.uk - 814491.jpg|90px]] |Company HQ |Medieval remains incorporated in later building.<ref>''Buildings of England, Somerset: South & West'' (1958) {{ISBN|978-0-300-09644-6}}.</ref> |- |[[Dunster Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1201|13β19th century}} |Rebuilt |[[File:Dunster Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Existing house dates largely from c. 1571, with 18β19th-century alterations.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36863 "Dunster Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051851/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36863 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Farleigh Hungerford Castle]] |Enclosure castle |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Farleigh Hungerford Castle gate.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |On high ground above the [[River Frome, Somerset|River Frome]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=207732 "Farleigh Hungerford Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051900/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=207732 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Newton St Loe Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Castle Keep in Newton St. Loe College - geograph.org.uk - 642177 cropped.jpg|90px]] |[[Bath Spa University]] |Large tower and gatehouse, altered in the 16β17th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=201108 "Newton St Loe"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009130040/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=201108 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Nunney Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1373|1373}} |Ruins |[[File:Nunney Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1214430.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Towers originally had conical roofs, north wall collapsed in 1910.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202784 "Nunney Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051909/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202784 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Stogursey Castle]] |Motte and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β12th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Stogursey Castle - geograph.org.uk - 878178.jpg|90px]] |[[Landmark Trust]] |17th-century house built within the remains of the castle.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=191252 "Stogursey Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051917/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=191252 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Sutton Court]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Sutton Court.JPG|90px]] |Private apartments |Short length of embattled wall and a tower survive, incorporated in large house, restored in the 19th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=198045 "Sutton Court"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004092027/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=198045 |date=2012-10-04 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Taunton Castle]] |Shell keep |{{sort|1201|13th century}} |Restored |[[File:Taunton Castle.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HM|[[Image:Museum icon (red).svg]]}} |Now houses the [[Museum of Somerset]], [[Castle Hotel, Taunton|Castle Hotel]] incorporates remains of an outer gatehouse.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=190841 "Taunton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051948/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=190841 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Walton Castle]] |Sham castle |{{sort|1615|1615β20}} |Restored |[[File:Walton Castle.jpg|90px]] |Private |Restored as private house 20th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=195458 "Walton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002080408/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=195458 |date=2012-10-02 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Bishop's Palace, Wells|Wells Bishop's Palace]] |Fortified palace |{{sort|1201|13β15th century}} |Substantially intact |[[File:Gatehouse to Bishop's Palace at Wells - geograph.org.uk - 916441.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}}<br/>[[Church of England]] |Adjacent to cathedral, residence of the [[Bishop of Bath and Wells]].<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-483262-gatehouse-and-boundary-wall-with-bridge- "Wells Bishop's Palace"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127034327/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-483262-gatehouse-and-boundary-wall-with-bridge- |date=2012-01-27 }} BLB.</ref> |}
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