Century

Castles: 11th century

Sites dated to the 11th century. For castles described by our editors this is when the present building was built; for the rest it is the earliest date in Wikidata – founding, first mention or start of construction. Many castles were rebuilt over the following centuries.

108
sites
7
UNESCO
  • Castle ruins: 19
  • Castles: 83
  • Palaces and châteaux: 2
  • Fortresses and forts: 4

Best known

Register of sites

United Kingdom 59

  1. Halton Castle 11th century · England
  2. Goodrich Castle 11th century · England
  3. Baynard's Castle 1017 · England
  4. Delgatie Castle 1049 · Scotland
  5. Wiston Castle 11th century · Wales
  6. Leicester Castle c. 1060 · England
  7. Pevensey Castle 1066 · England
  8. Berkhamsted Castle 1066 · England
  9. Hertford Castle 1066 · England
  10. Arundel Castle 1067 · England
  11. Monmouth Castle c. 1067 · Wales
  12. Winchester Castle 1067 · England
  13. Launceston Castle 1067 · England
  14. Berkeley Castle 1067 · England
  15. Wallingford Castle 1067 · England
  16. Warwick Castle 1068 · England
  17. Lincoln Castle 1068 · England
  18. Okehampton Castle 1068 · England
  19. Colchester Castle 1069 · England
  20. Chester Castle 1069 · England
  21. Worcester Castle 1069 · England
  22. Windsor Castle 1070 · England
  23. Old Sarum c. 1070 · England
  24. Pontefract Castle 1070 · England
  25. Dunbar Castle 1070 · Scotland
  26. Shrewsbury Castle 1070 · England
  27. Dudley Castle 1070 · England
  28. Bramber Castle c. 1070 · England
  29. Tamworth Castle 1070 · England
  30. Hay Castle 1070 · Wales
  31. Oxford Castle 1071 · England
  32. Richmond Castle 1071 · England
  33. Durham Castle ◆ 1072 · England
  34. Ludlow Castle c. 1075 · England
  35. Tower of London ◆ c. 1078 · England
  36. Cardiff Castle c. 1080 · Wales
  37. Peveril Castle 1080 · England
  38. Castell Aberlleiniog 1080 · Wales
  39. Deganwy Castle 11th century · Wales
  40. Lympne Castle c. 1080 · England

…and 19 more – see all

Germany 10

  1. Castle Gleichen 11th century · Thuringia
  2. Burg Bentheim 1020 · Lower Saxony
  3. Hohenstaufen Castle 1050 · Baden-Württemberg
  4. Wartburg Castle ◆ 1067 · Thuringia
  5. Rochlitz Castle 1095 · Saxony
  6. Altena Castle 1100 · North Rhine-Westphalia
  7. Schönburg 1100 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  8. Reichenstein Castle 1100 · Rhineland-Palatinate
  9. Runkel Castle 11th century · Hesse
  10. Kasselburg 1100 · Rhineland-Palatinate

France 9

  1. Château de Montpoupon 11th century · Centre-Val de Loire
  2. Josselin Castle 1008 · Bretagne
  3. Château de Loches c. 1013 · Centre-Val de Loire
  4. Château de Combourg 1025 · Bretagne
  5. Château de Ham 1052 · Hauts-de-France
  6. Château de Caen 1060 · Normandie
  7. Château de Biron 1076 · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  8. Château de Châlus-Chabrol 11th century · Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  9. Château de Gisors 11th century · Hauts-de-France

Spain 5

  1. Loarre Castle 1020 · Huesca
  2. Castle of Púbol 1056 · Girona
  3. Alcazaba of Málaga 1057 · Málaga
  4. Aljafería Palace ◆ c. 1065 · Zaragoza
  5. Castell de Dénia 11th century · Alicante

Luxembourg 4

  1. Bourscheid Castle 11th century · Diekirch
  2. Vianden Castle 11th century · Diekirch
  3. Larochette Castle 11th century · Luxembourg
  4. Useldange Castle 1100 · Diekirch

Switzerland 4

  1. Habsburg Castle 1020 · Aargau
  2. Lenzburg Castle 1036 · Aargau
  3. Grandson Castle 1050 · Vaud
  4. Tarasp Castle 1094 · Grisons

Austria 3

  1. Landskron Castle 1028 · Carinthia
  2. Hohenwerfen Castle 1075 · Salzburg
  3. Hohensalzburg Fortress 1077 · Salzburg

Italy 3

  1. Castle of Stilo 11th century · Calabria
  2. Tirol Castle 1100 · Trentino-Alto Adige
  3. Castello dei Pio 11th century · Emilia-Romagna

Syria 2

  1. Krak des Chevaliers ◆ 1031 · Homs
  2. Margat (Qal'at al-Marqab) 1062 · Tartus

Algeria 1

  1. Qal'at Bani Hammad ◆ 1007 · M'Sila

Vietnam 1

  1. Imperial Citadel of Thang Long ◆ 1010 · Hanoi

Czechia 1

  1. Sázava Monastery 1032 · Central Bohemian

Türkiye 1

  1. Lampron 1071 · Mersin

Sweden 1

  1. Bosjökloster 1080 · Skåne

Armenia 1

  1. Meghri Fortress 1083 · Syunik

Argentina 1

  1. Pucará de Tilcara 1100 · Jujuy

Isle of Man 1

  1. Peel Castle c. 1100

Bulgaria 1

  1. Mezek Fortress 11th century · Haskovo