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Marshwood Castle
In the civil parish of Marshwood.
In the historic county of Dorset (Modern Authority of Dorset, 1974 county of Dorset).
Low motte situated within a rectangular moated enclosure. There are traces of a rectangular keep on the motte. Foundations of a chapel were uncovered in 1839, though these are no longer visible. Remains of Angle Tower, Marshwood Castle. Stone rubble walls with mortared core standing up to 10ft in places. Plan: 3 1/2 sides of an angle tower, 40ft x 29ft, in the south-west angle of an originally moated enclosure. Facing-stones of walls do not survive. Walls originally from 6 ft to 10 ft thick. This site was first mentioned in 1215. Head of the Honour and Barony of the Norman Mandeville family. Only head of a Barony in Dorset. Perhaps identifiable with Wootton Fitzpaine in Domesday Book. Mandevilles became Earls of Essex, c1140. Became extinct c1191.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 104588)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SY405977
PastScape number;
450003
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p23
Pomeroy, Colin, 1998, Discover Dorset Castles and Forts (Dovecote Press) p29-31
Wilton, Phil,1995, Castles of Dorset (Wimborne)
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p69 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p127
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p259
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Pevsner, N. and Newman J., 1972, Buildings of England: Dorset (London) p271-2 [slight]
Pugh, R.B. (ed), 1968, VCH Dorset Vol3 p126
RCHME, 1952, An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Vol1: west (HMSO) p156-7
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Hutchins, J., 1861-73 (3edn), History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset (Blandford) Vol2 p263
Journal Articles
- Bertelot, R.Grosvenor, 1943, 'Vanished Mediaeval Castles of Dorset' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Vol66 p70-71 [of little use]
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