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Name:Shaftesbury Castle, Castle Hill, Shaftesbury
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO4615
Last edited:Dec 15 2023 9:11AM

Location:Shaftesbury; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 856 228
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Monument Type(s):


Summary

A triangular enclosure at the western end of the Greensand Ridge upon which the burh of Shaftesbury was built. The site was excavated between 1947 and 1949. It is thought to represent the site of an unlicensed castle constructed during the reign of King Stephen.

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument DO 149: Medieval Fortified House at Castle Hill
  • Conservation Area

Sources and Further Reading

---SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 206483.
<1>SWX3374 - Cartographic materials: Coker J. 1732. Survey of Dorset 1732. 91, 92.
<2>SWX3207 - Monograph: Shipp, W (ed). 1868. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3. Vol 3, 3rd Ed. 40.
<3>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1927-38.
<4>SDO20363 - Article in serial: Best, W Stuart. 1949. Some Notes on the Early British Church. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 70, 65-73.
<5>SDO20364 - Article in serial: Rigold, S E. Excavations by the Shaftesbury Historical Society at Castle Hill, Shaftesbury, 1947-49. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 71, 54-57.
<6>SDO18341 - Unpublished document: Edwards, D W. Field Investigator's Comments DE. F1 DE 30-JAN-56.
<7>SDO18343 - Map: Teulon Porter, Noel. Annotated record map 1 to 6 inch scale in Shaftesbury Museum (Gold Hill). 18.2.60.
<8>SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 22-MAY-62.
<9>SDO18796 - Monograph: Taylor, A J (ed). 1969. Chateau Gaillard 3: Conference at Battle, Sussex, 19-24 September 1966. 113.
<10>SDO99 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 75-76.
<11>SWX2036 - Monograph: Renn, D. 1973. Norman castles in Britain. 308.
<12>SDO16340 - Monograph: Cathcart-King, D J. 1983. Castellarium anglicanum: an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. 1. 128.
<13>SDO17498 - Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/097 RCHME Inventory: Dorset IV (North).
<14>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 883929.
<15>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 884009.
<16>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BB69/01705.

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