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List of the medieval fortified sites of the historic county of Dorset

Certain
Probable
Questionable or Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace
Name
Alternative Name(s)
Type
Remains
Athelhampton Hall Adlampston Fortified Manor House major building
Bere Regis Palace Court Green; Court Farm Palace , Fortified Manor House no visible
Berwick House, Swyre Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Bridport Castle Timber Castle no visible
Bridport Town Ramparts Brydian Urban Defence no visible
Brownsea Castle Branksea; Poole; Brensey Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Chideock Castle Chidiok; Ruins Field Fortified Manor House earthwork
Colewe Heys Colway; Coleheoh Fortified Manor House no visible
Corfe Castle Corfegeat Masonry Castle , Palace major building
Corfe; The Rings Cromwell's Battery Siege Work earthwork
Cranborne Castle Hill Castle Hall Timber Castle earthwork
Cranborne Manor Palace , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Dorchester Castle Dorkecestre; Dorecestre; Dorcestre Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Dorchester Town Wall Urban Defence masonry footings
East Chelborough Castle Hill Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
East Chelborough Stake Farm Timber Castle , Siege Work cropmark/slight earthwork
Gillingham Kings Court Palace Gilling Masonry Castle , Palace earthwork
Godlingston Manor Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower major building
Holditch Court, Thorncombe Holdich Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Hooke Court Hoke; St Francis School Fortified Manor House earthwork
Langton Herring manor Langeton Heryng Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Lulworth Castle Poyning's Castle; Lullewarde; Lullewarden; Lolleworth; Loleworhe; Lulleworda; Est Lilleworth Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Mappowder Hunting Lodge Palace no visible
Marshwood Castle Mersshwode Timber Castle , Masonry Castle masonry footings
Melcombe Block House Artillery Fort no visible
Melcombe Cotton Fort Artillery Fort no visible
Mohun Castle, South Perrott South Parrat Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Moigne Court, Owermoigne Ogre Fortified Manor House major building
Peveril Point, Swanage Peverish Point Artillery Fort no visible
Poole Town Wall Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Portland Castle Artillery Fort major building
Powerstock Castle Poorstock; Porstock; Porestok; Athelstan's Castle Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace earthwork
Rufus Castle Bow & Arrow; Rufus's; Portlaund Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth Sandfort; Sandsfort Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Shaftesbury Abbey Shafton Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Shaftesbury Castle Hill Boltbury Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Shaftesbury Town Defences Sceaftesbyrig Urban Defence no visible
Sherborne New Castle Sherborne Lodge Fortified Manor House , Palace major building
Sherborne Old Castle Shireburn; Chirburne; Sireburne Masonry Castle , Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Stourpaine Parsonage Farm Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Stourton Caundle Manor Court Barton Fortified Manor House earthwork
Studland Castle and battery Handfast Point; Castell Leyes; castellum de Studlande Artillery Fort , Fortified Manor House no visible
Sturminster Newton Castle Piddlewood; Stourminster Newton Castle; The Bridge Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Wareham Castle Warham Timber Castle , Masonry Castle earthwork
Wareham Town Defences Werham Urban Defence earthwork
Waylim Upwey; Upway; Waybaioux; Wayboyeux; Waybayouse; Wabyhouse Fortified Manor House no visible
Wimborne Mound The Leaze; Barrow Pool Shallow; Wimbornam Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Winterborne Herringston Wynterbourn; Winterborne Harange Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Wolfeton House, Charminster Wolveton Fortified Manor House no visible
Woodsford Castle Wyrdesford Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Badbury, Wimborne Badbury Rings Timber Castle earthwork
Blacknor Castle Timber Castle no visible
Bridport Chantry Dungeness Pele Tower , Urban Defence major building
Burcomb Wood, North Poorton Burcombe Timber Castle earthwork
Burton Bradstock Burton Castle Timber Castle no visible
Cerne Cernei Timber Castle uncertain
Charmouth Town Defences Urban Defence cropmark/slight earthwork
Chidrick Uncertain uncertain
Gold Hill bishops palace Goldhill Palace no visible
Leigh Drummers; The Castle Drummers Castle Timber Castle earthwork
Mappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Melcombe Regis Town Wall Melcoumbe; Miltoun Urban Defence no visible
New Inn, Stoborough, Arne Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Pamphill, Abbott Street Wood Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Pilsdon Pillesden; Pillesdon Timber Castle earthwork
Strangways, Abbotsbury Abbotsbury Castle Artillery Fort no visible
Tower near Lyme Masonry Castle no visible
Up Sydling Croft's Down Timber Castle no visible
Weymouth Town Defences Urban Defence no visible

This listing was last updated on Sunday, August 27, 2017


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