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Name:Chideock Castle, Chideock
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO895
Last edited:Oct 25 2024 4:54PM

Location:Chideock; Dorset
Grid Reference:SY 424 931
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Monument Type(s):


Summary

The earthwork remains of a moated site of manorial status and associated enclosures, fishponds, building platforms and terraces within the field knowns as Ruins Field to the north of Chideock village. The site is visible on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument DO164: Chideock Castle
  • Conservation Area: Chideock, Chideock North and Seatown Conservation Area

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO19130 - Monograph: Hudson Turner, T. 1859. Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VII. 2. 347.
<2>SWX1269 - Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2. Vol 2. 258-9.
<3>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1931.
<4>SDO97 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 95.
<5>SWX1169 - Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 17-FEB-55.
<6>SDO14051 - Unpublished document: Upton, K L. 1978. The Moated Sites of Dorset. 11-12.
<7>SDO19131 - Monograph: Hunt, A. 1978. Moated Sites Research Group Report. 5.
<8>SDO16340 - Monograph: Cathcart-King, D J. 1983. Castellarium anglicanum: an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. 1. 126.
<9>SDO13148 - Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. sy4293_1m_dtm.asc.
<10>SDO14699 - Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 14-DEC-2001. NMR 21498/17-8 (SY4293/27-8).
<11>SDO14700 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2413 RP 3171-2.
<12>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BB78/04664.
<13>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450215.

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