Castles in Wiltshire

Devizes Castle is a Victorian castellated mansion standing on the site of an 11th-century Norman motte and bailey castle. A part of the castle mound may have formed part of an Iron Age fortress. King Stephen besieged the castle, as did Oliver Cromwell, and King John imprisoned his queen here.
Devizes, Wiltshire, England

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Ludgershall Castle was built in the late 11th century, by Edward of Salisbury, the Sheriff of Wiltshire. Edward's fortress was composed of two side by side enclosures, the southern one of which may date to the Iron Age. The inner fortress enclosures were set within a pair of concentric earthwork banks and ditches.
Castle Street, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England, SP11 9QT

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Iron Age banks surround the original site of Salisbury, a few miles north of the current city. Inside the earthworks are the foundations of a Norman castle and the first Salisbury cathedral. The castle ruins sit atop a striking motte, or mound, with a deep moat at the bottom.
Castle Road, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP1 3SD

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Built by John, Lord Lovel, in the late 14th century, Old Wardour is composed of a five-sided tower around a central courtyard. A large hall unusually provided with large windows on the outer wall, a sign that Wardour was meant as much for prestige as for defence.
Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP3 6RR

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