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Name:Wareham Castle
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:6 023 080
Last edited:26/05/2009

Location:Wareham Town, Purbeck
Grid Reference:SY 921 871
Map: Show on Dorset Explorer

Monument Type(s)


Summary

Motte and Bailey castle with evidence for an internal stone keep

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument DO94: Wareham Town Walls
  • Conservation Area
  • Scheduled Monument (County No) - DORSET 94a

Sources and Further Reading

---SDO150 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume Two (South East) Part III.
---SDO50 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1950. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 72. 99-110
---SWX8466 - Article in serial: Jarvis K S. 1985. Pound Lane Wareham. Vol 107. p170
<1>SWX1185 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1929. Ordnance Survey Map 25. 25 inch. 1936 edition OS map
2aSWX3036 - Article in serial: Clark H J S. 1950. Salmon Fishery and the Weir at Wareham. Vol 72. p99-110
2bSWX4508 - Article in serial: Renn D F. 1960. The Keep of Wareham Castle. Vol 4. p56-68
<3>SWX2586 - Monograph: A D Mills. 1977. English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes] Dorset. Part 1. p159
<4>SWX2997 - Scheduling record: DOE. 1977. Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) Record Form 9.4.77.
<5>SWX8725 - Article in serial: Clark H J S. 1950. Excavations at Castle Close, Wareham. Vol 72. p82
<6>SWX4013 - Index: Castellarium Anglicanum : an Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands.. Vol I. p128
<8>SWX8514 - Unpublished document: Southern Archaeological Services. 1999. Summary Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Castle Close, Wareham, Dorset 1999. SAS163.

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