Round Tower Keeps
Those sites with an asterix have the keep set on a motte
Small Round Keeps under 50' in diameter
Ardfinnan (); Ardnurcher (); Ashley, Hants (40' diameter); Barnard Castle (40' diameter); Bodyddon* (' diameter);
Bronllys* (35' diameter); Caldicot* (36' diameter); Camlais (c.40' diameter) Cardigan (37'
diameter); Caus* (34'
diameter); Clun (c.35' diameter); Cornet (destroyed 1672); Dinefwr
(45' diameter); Dinierth* (?);
Dolbadarn
(42' diameter);
Dolforwyn
(40' diameter);
Dryslwyn
(40' diameter);
Dundrum
(48' diameter); Egremont (destroyed);
Ewloe
(40' diameter);
Hertford*
(30' diameter?);
Huntington*
(30' diameter?); Laugharne
(35' diameter);
Launceston*
(39' diameter);
Llanstephan
(30' diameter);
Llawhaden
(32' diameter);
Longtown*
(46' diameter);
Lyonshall
(37' diameter);
Machen*
(30' diameter);
Narberth
(43' diameter);
Nevern*
(30' diameter);
Orford
(45' diameter); Parkavonear, Kerry (40'
diameter);
Pembridge
(26' diameter);
Richards Castle*
(44' diameter, but octagonal); Shanid (40?'
diameter);
Skenfrith
(30' diameter ); Stokesay (40' diameter, an irregular heart-shaped polygon);
Tenby
(19' diameter); Tretower
(42' diameter); Waterford (42'
diameter);
Yelden, Bedfordshire
(30' diameter).
Large Round Keeps over 50' in
diameter
Berkhamsted*
(58' diameter - maybe shell keep);
Buckenham
(65' diameter); Burton in Lonsdale* (65' diameter);
Chartley*
(59' diameter); Cloghoughter (55'
diameter);
Conisborough
(66' diameter);
Degannwy
(50' diameter);
Flint
(75' diameter);
Hawarden*
(65' diameter);
Hook Lighthouse
(50'
diameter);
Inchiquin
(50'
diameter); Kilkenny (55'
diameter); Miserden* (60'
diameter); Nenagh
(52' diameter);
Pembroke
(52' diameter);
Plympton*?
(50' diameter - maybe shell keep).
Round or Oval
Shell Keeps
A shell keep had a central courtyard and was not
totally roofed over like a tower. Dimension vary greatly with
various surveys of these castles depending on whether the survey took
internal or external measurements. Here a rough estimate is given
via aerial views from Google Maps and personal exploration suggesting
the total external diameter of the keeps.
Almondbury (); Arundel (75' diameter); Barnstaple* (65'
diameter); Berkeley (100' diameter around base of motte); Brecon* (60' diameter); Cardiff* (80'
diameter); Carisbrooke (50'x65'
diameter); Carmarthen* (50' diameter); Clare (45'
diameter); Crickhowell* (60-70'
diameter); Devizes (destroyed); Dungarvan (70'
diameter); Durham?* (65-76'); Ewias Harold* (c.80' diameter); Farnham (130' diameter); Fotheringhay* (100' diameter); Haughley (65' diameter); Kilpeck* (75'
diameter); Launceston* (80' diameter);
Leeds (70'x100'
diameter); Lewes* (80'x100'
diameter); Lincoln* (65'x85'
diameter); Marlborough* (destroyed); Mitford* (60'x100'
diameter); Newcastle on Tyne* (destroyed); Nottingham (destroyed, but more an inner ward); Pickering* (60'
diameter); Powis? (80'
diameter?); Restormal*
(110' diameter); Rockingham* (destroyed);
Sandal* (75'
diameter); Shanid* (70'x80'
diameter); Southampton* (destroyed); Tamworth* (75'x90'
diameter); Tickhill* (65'
diameter); Tonbridge* (70'
diameter); Totnes*
(70' diameter);
Tremarton*
(60'x70' diameter); Tretower (60' diameter); Truro* (destroyed); Tutbury*? (destroyed); Urquhart?* (60'x130'); Wallingford?* (destroyed); Warwick* (70'x80'
diameter); Windsor* (90'x100'
diameter); Wiston* (50'
diameter).
Those sites with an asterix have the keep set on a motte
France
Small Round Keeps under 50' in diameter
; Chateau sur Epte* (30' diameter); Chateau-Renault* (40' diameter);
Chatillon-sur-Indre (38' diameter); Gisors* (35' diameter, polygonal);
Large Round Keeps over 50' in
diameter
Freteval ( diameter)
Round or Oval
Shell Keeps
Billy, Allier (small inner ward, 100-130' diameter); Beaussault, Seine Maritime (inner ward 160'-170');
Brandes, Isere, Alps (50'-60' diameter, not a castle?); Chateau sur Epte* (60' diameter); Chateau-Renault* (70' diameter);
Chatillon-sur-Indre (80' diameter); Clisson (small inner ward, 100-120' diameter); Gisors* (90-95' diameter); Haut Barr, Alsace (); Longchamps ();
Vatteville* (); Vievyle-Raye*, Loire et Cher (40' diameter).
Those sites with an asterix have the keep set on a motte
Germany
Small Round Keeps under 50' in diameter
Dreieichenhain, Stadt Dreieich (45' diameter); Burg im Hain, Obertshausen, Bohme (38' diameter).
Large Round Keeps over 50' in
diameter
Round or Oval
Shell Keeps
Burg im Hain, Obertshausen, Bohme (100' diameter).
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