What is recorded here
Corfe Castle Ruins is a castle, fort or tower in Dorset, England. Perhaps stones still hold the shape of hands that built them. Maybe shadows move through rooms that never had roofs. Imagine living inside a ruin that remembers being whole.
A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
Built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century and later held by the Crown, Corfe Castle in Dorset is remembered for its strategic importance in the English Civil War, particularly its capture and destruction by Parliamentary forces in 1649.
Places near here
Corfe CastleListed building · 94 yd
Castle Tea Room and Garden Including Attached OutbuildingsListed building · 160 yd
National Trust ShopListed building · 175 yd
Corfe Castle Town Trust MuseumMuseum · 217 yd
Church in Corfe Castle VillageCastle, fort or tower · 244 yd
Corfe Castle VillageCastle, fort or tower · 244 yd
Milestone showing distance to WarehamMonument or public art · 246 yd
East HillMountain / peak · 654 yd
Milestone at Challow HillMonument or public art · 752 yd
Square PlantationWood · 1111 yd
West HillMountain / peak · 1209 yd
The Creech Barrow SevenMemorial · 1.6 miOther information
Photo: Chris Collard · CC BY-SA 2.0