Mohun Castle, South Perrott

In the civil parish of South Perrott.
In the historic county of Dorset (Modern Authority of Dorset, 1974 county of Dorset).

The castle was reportedly dismantled during C17 and currently no standing remains or obvious building platforms remain visible on the surface. The north-eastern quadrant of the site is occupied by St Mary's Church and here all surface traces of the castle have been all but obliterated, presumably during the creation and subsequent extension of the churchyard. However, much of the site to the south and west remains relatively undisturbed and the southern defences survive as well-preserved earthworks including a substantial moat (averaging 1.3m in depth). Many other earthworks survive both within and beyond the latter but as these have never been subjected to an accurate topographic survey it is difficult to appreciate the layout of the site. Resistivity survey done in 1996

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST47160643

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 192881

• Web site links
  • http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/reports/mohun/
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p23
    Wilton, Phil,1995, Castles of Dorset (Wimborne)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p129 [possible]
    RCHME, 1952, An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Vol1: west (HMSO) p177-8