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Name:Sherborne Old Castle, Castleton
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO623
Last edited:Sep 2 2021 12:01PM

Location:Castleton; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 648 167
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Monument Type(s):

  • BISHOPS PALACE (Constructed, Medieval - 1130 AD? to 1130 AD?)
  • CASTLE (Constructed, Medieval - 1130 AD? to 1130 AD?)

Summary

A 12th-century fortified palace built by Bishop Roger around AD 1130. The castle was destroyed in the civil war and converted into a romantic ruin by the Digby family as part of their landscaped park attached to Sherborne New Castle.

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (I) 1119378: SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
  • Scheduled Monument SM22986: Sherborne Old Castle
  • Registered Park or Garden (I) 1000454: Sherborne Castle

Sources and Further Reading

---SDO10286 - Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1951. Excavations at Sherborne Old Castle; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 73.
---SDO10301 - Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1950. Excavations at Sherborne Old Castle; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society.
---SDO10302 - Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1952. Excavations at Sherborne Old Castle; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 74.
---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.
---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.
---SDO10572 - Article in serial: White, P. 1983. Sherborne Old Castle; Archaeological Journal. 140.
---SDO14493 - Unpublished document: Steinmetzer, M F R. 2009. Archaeological monitoring of a new water main at the Old Castle, Sherborne, Dorset.
---SDO16467 - Unpublished document: Smith, W. 2000. Medieval Charred Plant Remains and Charcoal from Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset.
---SDO16506 - Unpublished document: Chalk, R A and Chase, S T. 1975. Resistivity Survey at Sherborne Old Castle.
---SDO16666 - Unpublished document: Reilly, S. 1996. Sherborne Old Castle, Sherborne, Dorset. Watching Brief.
---SDO17262 - Unpublished document: Vartuca, Franco A. 2005. Sherborne Old Castle, Sherborne, Dorset. Programme of Archaeological Recording.
---SDO17263 - Unpublished document: Trott, M. 1988. Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset.
---SDO49 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1950. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1949. 71. 68.
---SDO50 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1951. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1950. 72. 93-94.
---SDO51 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1952. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1951. 73. 106-109.
---SDO52 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1953. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1952. 74. 107-108.
---SDO55 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1956. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1955. 77. 141-142.
---SDO76 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1978. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1976. 98. 54.
---SDO97 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. Volume One (West). 64-66.
---SWX9199 - Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1992. Summary List of Projects in Dorset 1992.
---SWX9303 - Article in serial: Farrar R A H (ed ). 1949. Archaeological Notes, 1949; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Vol 71.
<1>SDO9937 - Index: National Monuments Record. NMR Monument Record. ST 61 NW 47; NMR UID: 650832.

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