Trematon Castle
| Trematon Castle | |
|---|---|
Kastel Tremen | |
| Saltash, Cornwall | |
Trematon Castle | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Shell keep with bailey |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Location | |
Shown within Cornwall. | |
| Coordinates | 50°24′02″N 4°14′16″W / 50.40044°N 4.23774°W |
| Official name | Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle |
| Designated | 20 May 1960 |
| Reference no. | 1004384 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Higher Lodge at Trematon Castle |
| Designated | 22 November 1982 |
| Reference no. | 1140409 |
Trematon Castle (Cornish: Kastel Tremen) is situated near Saltash in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Trematon. It is similar in style to the later Restormel Castle, with a 12th-century keep. Trematon Castle overlooks Plymouth Sound and was built probably by Robert, Count of Mortain on the ruins of an earlier Roman fort: it is a motte-and-bailey castle and dates from soon after the Norman Conquest. It occupies a sentinel position one and a half miles south-east of Trematon village (grid reference SX41065801).