Restormel Castle stands beside the River Fowey, near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England. It is one of four chief Norman castles in Cornwall. Its circular shell keep is the most intact of the 71 known in England and Wales. The wall is about 38 meters across and up to 2.4 meters thick, and a ditch about 15 meters wide surrounds it.
Baldwin Fitz Turstin probably built it around 1100 as a motte and bailey. Robert de Cardinham rebuilt it in stone between 1192 and 1225. A kitchen, hall, solar and guest chambers were built against the inside of the wall, and spring water was piped into them under pressure.
Edward the Black Prince stayed there in 1354 and 1365. Sir Richard Grenville stormed it on August 21, 1644, and a 1649 survey recorded it as ruined. English Heritage now maintains it.
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