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==Dorset== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: BβK#Dorset|label 1=Map of castles in Dorset}} Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Dorchester Castle]] *[[East Chelborough|East Chelborough Castle]] *[[Marshwood Castle]] *[[Powerstock|Powerstock Castle]] *[[Sturminster Newton Castle]] *[[Wareham Castle]] }} {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" width="100%" !width="12%"|Name !width="10%"|Type !width="8%" |Date !width="10%"|Condition !class="unsortable" width="94"|Image !width="10%"|Ownership / Access !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |[[Brownsea Island|Brownsea Castle]] |Castellated house |{{sort|1501|16β19th century}} |Intact |[[File:Brownsea Castle, Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Incorporates part of a 16th-century [[Henrician Castles|Henrician Castle]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=457504 "Brownsea Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125400/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=457504 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Christchurch Castle]] |Motte and bailey |{{sort|1101|12β14th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Christchurch Castle two walls.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |[[Hall house]] known as Constable's House survives, with rare Norman chimney.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=458553 "Christchurch Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929122303/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=458553 |date=2012-09-29 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Corfe Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β13th century}} |Extensive ruins |[[File:Corfe Castle - geograph.org.uk - 349316.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Besieged and slighted during the English Civil War.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=456826 "Corfe Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006115134/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=456826 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lulworth Castle]] |Sham castle |{{sort|1610|c. 1610}} |Restored |[[File:Lulworth Castle (1937).jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Hunting lodge, gutted by fire 1929.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=455400 "Lulworth Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125411/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=455400 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Pennsylvania Castle]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|1801|1800}} |Intact |[[File:Pennsylvania Castle - geograph.org.uk - 527899.jpg|90px]] |Private |On the [[Isle of Portland]], built for [[John Penn (writer)|John Penn]] to designs by [[James Wyatt]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=868650 "Pennsylvania Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005104940/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=868650 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Portland Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1539|1539}} |Intact |[[File:uk dor portcastle.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Private residence 1816β70.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=451663 "Portland Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006115148/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=451663 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Rufus Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Rufus Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1305386.jpg|90px]] |Private |Also known as Bow and Arrow Castle.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=451726 "Rufus Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006115206/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=451726 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Sandsfoot Castle]] |Artillery fort |16th century |Ruins |[[File:Sandsfoot Castle, 2012, Weymouth.JPG|frameless|100x100px]] |[[Image:UKAL icon.svg|Accessible open space]] |<ref>{{NHLE |num=1020062|desc=Sandsfoot Castle|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> |- |[[Sherborne Castle|Sherborne Old Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Sherborne Old Castle 02.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Replaced by 16β17th century house, which became known as Sherborne Castle.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=199485 "Sherborne Old Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006115222/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=199485 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Woodsford|Woodsford Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Habitable |[[File:Woodsford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 924711.jpg|90px]] |[[Landmark Trust]] |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=454849 "Woodsford Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190546/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=454849 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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