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Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace | ||||
Name |
Alternative Name(s) |
Type |
Remains |
Athelhampton Hall | Adlampston | Fortified Manor House | major building | Bere Regis Palace | Court Green; Court Farm | Palace , Fortified Manor House | no visible | Berwick House, Swyre | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Bridport Castle | Timber Castle | no visible | Bridport Town Ramparts | Brydian | Urban Defence | no visible |
| Brownsea Castle | Branksea; Poole; Brensey | Artillery Fort | masonry ruins/remnants |
| Chideock Castle | Chidiok; Ruins Field | Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Colewe Heys | Colway; Coleheoh | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
| Corfe Castle | Corfegeat | Masonry Castle , Palace | major building |
| Corfe; The Rings | Cromwell's Battery | Siege Work | earthwork |
| Cranborne Castle Hill | Castle Hall | Timber Castle | earthwork |
| Cranborne Manor | Palace , Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Dorchester Castle | Dorkecestre; Dorecestre; Dorcestre | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | no visible | Dorchester Town Wall | Urban Defence | masonry footings |
| East Chelborough Castle Hill | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | earthwork | East Chelborough Stake Farm | Timber Castle , Siege Work | cropmark/slight earthwork |
| Gillingham Kings Court Palace | Gilling | Masonry Castle , Palace | earthwork | Godlingston Manor | Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower | major building |
| Holditch Court, Thorncombe | Holdich | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Hooke Court | Hoke; St Francis School | Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Langton Herring manor | Langeton Heryng | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork | Lulworth Castle | Poyning's Castle; Lullewarde; Lullewarden; Lolleworth; Loleworhe; Lulleworda; Est Lilleworth | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | no visible | Mappowder Hunting Lodge | Palace | no visible |
| Marshwood Castle | Mersshwode | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | masonry footings | Melcombe Block House | Artillery Fort | no visible | Melcombe Cotton Fort | Artillery Fort | no visible |
| Mohun Castle, South Perrott | South Parrat | Masonry Castle , Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Moigne Court, Owermoigne | Ogre | Fortified Manor House | major building |
| Peveril Point, Swanage | Peverish Point | Artillery Fort | no visible |
| Poole Town Wall | Urban Defence | masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Portland Castle | Artillery Fort | major building | |
| Powerstock Castle | Poorstock; Porstock; Porestok; Athelstan's Castle | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | earthwork |
| Rufus Castle | Bow & Arrow; Rufus's; Portlaund | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants |
| Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth | Sandfort; Sandsfort | Artillery Fort | masonry ruins/remnants | Shaftesbury Abbey | Shafton | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | masonry ruins/remnants |
| Shaftesbury Castle Hill | Boltbury | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | earthwork | Shaftesbury Town Defences | Sceaftesbyrig | Urban Defence | no visible | Sherborne New Castle | Sherborne Lodge | Fortified Manor House , Palace | major building |
| Sherborne Old Castle | Shireburn; Chirburne; Sireburne | Masonry Castle , Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Stourpaine Parsonage Farm | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork | Stourton Caundle Manor | Court Barton | Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
| Studland Castle and battery | Handfast Point; Castell Leyes; castellum de Studlande | Artillery Fort , Fortified Manor House | no visible | Sturminster Newton Castle | Piddlewood; Stourminster Newton Castle; The Bridge | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
| Wareham Castle | Warham | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | earthwork |
| Wareham Town Defences | Werham | Urban Defence | earthwork | Waylim | Upwey; Upway; Waybaioux; Wayboyeux; Waybayouse; Wabyhouse | Fortified Manor House | no visible | Wimborne Mound | The Leaze; Barrow Pool Shallow; Wimbornam | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork |
| Winterborne Herringston | Wynterbourn; Winterborne Harange | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Wolfeton House, Charminster | Wolveton | Fortified Manor House | no visible |
| Woodsford Castle | Wyrdesford | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
| Badbury, Wimborne | Badbury Rings | Timber Castle | earthwork |
| Blacknor Castle | Timber Castle | no visible | |
| Bridport Chantry | Dungeness | Pele Tower , Urban Defence | major building |
| Burcomb Wood, North Poorton | Burcombe | Timber Castle | earthwork |
| Burton Bradstock | Burton Castle | Timber Castle | no visible |
| Cerne | Cernei | Timber Castle | uncertain |
| Charmouth Town Defences | Urban Defence | cropmark/slight earthwork | |
| Chidrick | Uncertain | uncertain | |
| Gold Hill bishops palace | Goldhill | Palace | no visible |
| Leigh Drummers; The Castle | Drummers Castle | Timber Castle | earthwork |
| Mappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | |
| Melcombe Regis Town Wall | Melcoumbe; Miltoun | Urban Defence | no visible |
| New Inn, Stoborough, Arne | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork | |
| Pamphill, Abbott Street Wood | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork | |
| Pilsdon | Pillesden; Pillesdon | Timber Castle | earthwork |
| Strangways, Abbotsbury | Abbotsbury Castle | Artillery Fort | no visible |
| Tower near Lyme | Masonry Castle | no visible | |
| Up Sydling | Croft's Down | Timber Castle | no visible |
| Weymouth Town Defences | Urban Defence | no visible |
