Portchester Castle's commanding location has made it a major factor in the Solent's defences for hundreds of years. The most impressive and best- ...
Castles
Odiham Castle
A 13th century castle with the remains of an octagonal keep, inner and outer moat, and traces of an extramural settlement, situated on the site of an ...
Netley Castle
A Henrician artillery castle, built in 1542-5 by Sir William Paulet for Henry VIII to guard the anchorage at Southampton Water. It was built as part ...
Merdon Castle
Earthwork remains of an Iron Age univallate hillfort and a Medieval motte and bailey which reused the former site. The Medieval motte and bailey is ...
Hurst Castle
One of the most advanced of the artillery fortresses built by Henry VIII: used as a prison for eminent 17th-century captives, and later strengthened ...
Christchurch Castle
The remains of Christchurch Castle include parts of the mound-top keep, and more unusually the 12th-century riverside chamber block or 'Constable's ...
Calshot Castle
Built by Henry VIII in 1539, for over 400 years the Castle remained a fully manned artillery base. Calshot Naval Air Station opened in 1913 and ...
Bishop's Waltham Palace
The ruins of a medieval palace (together with later additions) used by the Bishops and senior clergy of Winchester as they travelled through their ...
Basing House
Medieval motte and bailey castle with keep, possibly 12th century in date, converted to a fortified house after 1531, and with 17th century defences. ...
Wallingford Castle
Medieval motte and bailey castle, built circa 1067-71, slighted 1652. Limited excavations have revealed part of the castle ditch, South curtain wall, ...
Donnington Castle
The striking twin-towered 14th- century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive ...
Beaumys Castle
The remains of a moated manorial site, probably a fortified house. All that remains is the moat, partly water filled with an outer bank, which ...