What is recorded here

The National Heritage List for England records Sturminster Castle 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.

Sturminster Castle was built in the 12th century by the de Sturmy family, a Norman landholding family in the area. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture and for its historical association with the development of the Sturminster Newton settlement in Dorset.

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