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Name:Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth
Type of Record:Listed Building
HER Number:MDO6598
Last edited:Nov 12 2024 2:45PM


Monument Type(s):


Summary

The remains of a Tudor artillery fort, built around 1541. Bastion earthworks were added in around 1623, and the castle was abandoned in 1644-5. Sections of outer wall remain, the earthworks have been landscaped as public gardens. The ruins of this fort and its associated earthworks are visible on recent aerial photographs. Part of the fort appears to have broken off and now lies on the forshore below (MDO29864).

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II*) 1096763: SANDSFOOT CASTLE REMAINS
  • Scheduled Monument 1020062: Sandsfoot Castle
  • World Heritage Site 1000101: Dorset and East Devon Coast

Sources and Further Reading

---SDO20808 - Unpublished document: Cripps, Paul. 2010. Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth, Dorset. Metric & Photographic Survey.
<1>SDO23 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1914. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 35. 27-40.
<1>SWX1623 - Article in serial: Symonds, H. 1914. Sandsfoot and Portland Castles. Vol 35.
<2>SWX2283 - Article in serial: Norman, W C. 1920. Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 41. 41. 34-38.
<3>SWX1169 - Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 13-AUG-54.
<4>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
<5>SDO149 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2. 336-338.
<6>SWX1760 - Monograph: Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England 3. 12 77 82.
<7>SDO11900 - Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 01-AUG-80.
<8>SWX3337 - Monograph: Colvin, H M. 1982. History of the Kings Works Volume 4: 1485-1660 (Part 2). 465-70.
<9>SDO18973 - Serial: Fortress Study Group. 1988. Fort: the international journal of fortification and military architecture. 16. 45-6.
<9>SDO19866 - Serial: Fortress Study Group. 1980. Fort: the international journal of fortification and military architecture. 5. 45-6.
<10>SWX8753 - Digital archive: Unknown. pre-2004. Collection of Digitised Tithe Maps. 108.
<11>SDO18972 - Monograph: Harrington, Peter. 2007. The Castles of Henry VIII. 22.
<12>SDO18974 - Digital archive: 2009. Weymouth Local and Family History. 2009. Sandsfoot Castle, <http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/sandsfoot.html> [Accessed 26-MAR-2009].
<13>SDO12622 - Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 15-OCT-2010. CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009.
<14>SDO12524 - Unpublished document: Bellamy, P S. 2010. Geotechnical Borehole, Sandsfoot Castle, Old Castle Road, Weymouth, Dorset. Archaeological Observations and Recording.
<15>SDO15355 - Unpublished document: Bellamy, P S, and Trevarthen, M. 2011. Sandsfoot Castle, Old Castle Road, Weymouth, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation, October 2010.
<16>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. FL01153.
<17>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. PC39654.
<18>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. PC39655.
<19>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. PC39656.
<20>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. PC39657.
<21>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. PC39658.
<22>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451558.

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