12th century fortified palace built by Bishop Roger circa. 1130. destroyed in civil war and converted into romantic ruin by Digby family as part of their landscaped park attached to Sherborne New Castle.
| --- | SDO76 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1976. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 98. 54 |
| --- | SDO10572 - Article in serial: White, P. 1983. Sherborne Old Castle; Archaeological Journal. 140. |
| --- | SDO10301 - Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1950. Excavations at Sherborne Old Castle; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. |
| --- | SDO10303 - Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1955. Excavations at Sherborne Old Castle. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 77. p.141-2 |
| --- | SWX9303 - Article in serial: Farrar R A H (ed ). 1949. Archaeological Notes, 1949; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Vol 71. |
| --- | SDO10286 - Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1951. Excavations at Sherborne Old Castle; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 73. |
| --- | SDO10317 - Article in serial: Keen, L. 1976. Castleton; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 98. |
| --- | SDO10318 - Article in serial: Webster, L E and Cherry, J. 1974. Dorset: Castleton, Sherborne Old Castle; Medieval Archaeology. 18. p.195 |
| --- | SDO10319 - Article in serial: Harrison, B P and Williams, DF. 1979. Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset: medieval pottery fabrics; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 101. |
| <1> | SDO9937 - Index: National Monuments Record. NMR Monument Record. ST 61 NW 47; NMR UID: 650832 |