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This list of castles in England

Essex
Pleshey Castle is a good example of a motte-and-bailey castle: only earthworks and a medieval brick bridge remain.

Herefordshire
Ewyas Harold Castle is recorded in the Domesday Book and was probably built c.1048.

Isle of Wight
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
 * East Cowes Castle

Lincolnshire
Goltho Castle was built on the site of a Saxon fortified dwelling of c.850, established by excavation.

Norfolk
The surviving motte of Thetford Castle is one of the highest in England, about 80 ft high.

Northamptonshire
Fotheringhay Castle was the scene of the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587.