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Studland Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hanfast Point

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

Castle is mentioned in 1381, and a battery was built between 1584 and 1586 at Handfast point and a blockhouse is mentioned in 1732. No trace remains of any of these features which have presuambly been lost to sea erosion.

This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort
Uncertain
.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SZ055825

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Good for landscape form and features

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Good for general location

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PastScape number; 457522

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