Medieval moated castle. The site comprises a low mound situated within a rectangular moated enclosure. There are remains of a rectangular tower on the mound. Foundations of a chapel were uncovered in 1839, though these are no longer certainly visible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.
| <1> | SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1904. |
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| <7> | SDO16435 - Unpublished document: Bowden, M. 2005. Marshwood Castle, Dorset: a Level 1 survey. |
| <8> | SDO17391 - Unpublished document: Bowden, M. Field Investigators Comments Mark Bowden. 05-July-2005. |
| <9> | SDO14936 - Unpublished document: Bellamy, P. 2008. Proposed New Dwelling, Lodge House Farm, Marshwood, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation. |
| <10> | SDO14407 - Unpublished document: Clarke, C P. 2014. Report of Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Marshwood Castle, Lodge House Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, DT6 6RW. |
| <11> | SDO14609 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4211-2. |
| <12> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 882522. |
| <13> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AO55/66/4. |
| <14> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450003. |