What is recorded here

Corfe Castle is a large Norman enclosure on a Dorset hilltop, rebuilt through the 12th and 13th centuries before Parliamentary forces broke it open in 1646. Its fragmentary walls still stand beside the 18th-century Vineyard Bridge, proving the place kept serving people long after it stopped being a complete fortress. Under that identity, the castle becomes a chamber where memory, ambition and loss still collide.

The National Heritage List for England records Corfe Castle: a large enclosure castle, and 18th century Vineyard Bridge as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Corfe Castle was built by William Peverel in the 11th century and later held by the Crown, playing a significant role in the English Civil War due to its strategic position. It is remembered for its dramatic ruins and historical importance in regional and national history.

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