Certain |
Possible |
Questionable 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 |
| Badbury, Wimborne | Badbury Rings | Timber Castle | Earthworks | Bere Regis Palace | Court Green; Court Farm | Uncertain Palace |
Nothing visible | Berwick House, Swyre | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Blacknor Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | |
| Bridport Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Bridport Town Ramparts | Brydian | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Brownsea Castle | Branksea; Poole; Brensey | Artillery Fort | Masonry ruins/remnants | Burcomb Wood, North Poorton | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Burton Bradstock | Burton Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Cerne | Cernei | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Chardstock Court | Cherdestok; Chirdestoke | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Charmouth Town Defences | Urban Defence | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Chideock Castle | Chidiok; Ruins Field | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Chidrick | Timber Castle | Uncertain | Colewe Heys | Colway | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Corfe Castle | Corfegeat | Masonry Castle Palace |
Major |
| Corfe Siege Work; The Rings | Siege Work | Earthworks | |
| Cranborne Castle Hill | Castle Hall | Timber Castle | Uncertain | Cranborne Manor | Fortified Manor House Palace |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Dorchester Castle | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Nothing visible | Dorchester Town Wall | Urban Defence | Masonry footings |
| East Chelborough, Castle Hill | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks | East Chelborough, Stake Farm | Timber Castle Siege Work |
Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Godlingston Manor | Fortified Manor House | Major | Hooke Court | Hoke | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks | Kings Court Palace, Gillingham | Gilling | Masonry Castle Palace |
Earthworks | Langton Herring | Langeton Heryng | Fortified Manor House | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Leigh Drummers; The Castle | Timber Castle | Earthworks | |
| Mappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe | Timber Castle | Masonry ruins/remnants | Mappowder Hunting Lodge | Palace | Nothing visible |
| Marshwood Castle | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Masonry footings | Melcombe Regis Town Wall | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Mohun Castle, South Perrott | Masonry Castle | Earthworks | Moinge Court, Owermoigne | Ogre | Fortified Manor House | Major | New Inn, Stoborough, Arne | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Pamphill, Abbott Street Wood | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Peveril Point, Swanage | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible |
| Pilsdon | Pillesden | Timber Castle | Earthworks |
| Poole Town Wall | Urban Defence | Masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Portland Castle | Artillery Fort | Major | |
| Powerstock Castle | Poorstock; Porstock; Porestok | Masonry Castle Timber Castle Palace |
Earthworks |
| Rufus Castle | Bow & Arrow; Rufus's; Portlaund | Masonry Castle Artillery Fort |
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 | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks | |
| Shaftesbury Motte and Bailey | Siege Work | Nothing visible | Shaftesbury Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible |
| Sherborne Old Castle | Shireburn; Chirburne | Masonry Castle Timber Castle Palace |
Masonry ruins/remnants | Stourpaine | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks | Stourton Caundle Manor | Fortified Manor House | Earthworks |
| Strangways, Abbotsbury | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | Studland Castle | Hanfast Point | Artillery Fort Uncertain |
Nothing visible | Sturminster Newton Castle | Piddlewood; Stourminster Newton Castle | Timber Castle Fortified Manor House |
Masonry ruins/remnants |
| Up Sydling | Sydling St Nicholas | Timber Castle | Nothing visible |
| Wareham Castle | Masonry Castle Timber Castle |
Earthworks | |
| Wareham Town Defences | Werham | Urban Defence | Earthworks | Waylim | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible | West Lulworth Castle | Timber Castle | Nothing visible | Weymouth Block House | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | Weymouth Cotton Fort | Artillery Fort | Nothing visible | Weymouth Town Defences | Urban Defence | Nothing visible | Wimborne Mound | The Leaze | Timber Castle | Cropmarks/slight earthworks |
| Winterborne Herringston | Wynterbourn | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants | Wolfeton House, Charminster | Wolveton | Fortified Manor House | Nothing visible |
| Woodsford Castle | Wyrdesford | Fortified Manor House | Masonry ruins/remnants |