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==Cambridgeshire== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: BβK#Cambridgeshire|label 1=Map of castles in Cambridgeshire}} Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Aldreth|Aldreth Castle]] *[[Bourn Castle]] *[[Burwell Castle]] *[[Cambridge Castle]] *[[Castle Camps]] *[[Cheveley Castle]] *[[Eaton Socon Castle]] *[[Ely Castle]] *[[Huntingdon Castle]] *[[Maxey Castle]] *[[Peterborough Castle]] *[[Rampton Castle]] *[[Wisbech Castle]] *[[Woodwalton 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 |- |[[Buckden Towers|Buckden Palace]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1201|13β15th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Buckden Towers.jpg|90px]] |[[Claretians|Claretian]] conference centre |Renamed Buckden Towers, partly demolished and remnants incorporated with a 19th-century house.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=363084 "Buckden Palace"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051024/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=363084 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Elton Hall]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1477|c. 1477}} |Fragment |[[File:Elton Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1258739.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Gatehouse survives, incorporated in building of 1662β1689, remodelled and extended in the 18β19th centuries.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=361612 "Elton Hall"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051347/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=361612 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Kimbolton Castle]] |Castellated house |{{sort|1601|17β18th century}} |Intact |[[File:Kimbolton Castle 01.jpg|90px]] |School |Site of medieval castle, rebuilt and later remodelled by [[Sir John Vanbrugh]] 1707β10.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=363151 "Kimbolton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009074751/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=363151 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Kirtling Tower]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1530|c. 1530}} |Fragment |[[File:A view of Kirtling Tower - geograph.org.uk - 525588.jpg|90px]] |NGS |16th-century gatehouse on supposed site of moated [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] castle.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=377119 "Kirtling Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009074809/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=377119 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Longthorpe Tower]] |Tower house |{{sort|1263|1263β1300}} |Intact |[[File:Longthorpe Tower1.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Elaborate scheme of domestic medieval wall paintings.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=364093 "Longthorpe Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002200137/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=364093 |date=2011-10-02 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Northborough Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1330|1330β40}} |Fragment |[[File:The gatehouse, Northborough Hall - geograph.org.uk - 672519.jpg|90px]] |Private |Gatehouse and hall survive, with 16/17th-century alterations.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350056 "Northborough Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006051357/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350056 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Woodcroft Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1280|c. 1280}} |Habitable fragment |[[File:WoodcroftCastle.jpg|90px]] |Private |West range of original building survives, with alterations.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350333 "Woodcroft Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009074822/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350333 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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