Tags: Military Structure.
Ruardyn castle is in the village of Ruardyn now known as Ruardean. It was originally a manor house built in Norman times but because of its strategic importance it was crenellated in 1310 and became a castle. The surviving evidence suggests the site comprised a courtyard flanked by short ranges of buildings to the north east and south west with a tower in the western corner. A gatehouse stood to the south east with a hollow way leading from it towards the parish church.