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Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle Review
One of the most impressive ruins in Britain, Corfe Castle overlooks the appealing gray limestone village of the same name. The castle site guards a gap in the surrounding Purbeck Hills and has been fortified since at least 900. The present ruins are of the castle built between 1105, when the great central keep was erected, and the 1270s, when the outer walls and towers were built. Cromwell's soldiers blew up the castle in 1646 during the Civil War, after a long seige during which its Royalist chatelaine, Lady Bankes, led its defense.
- Address: A351, Corfe, BH20 5EZ | Map It
- Phone: 01929/481294
- Cost: £8.50
- Hours: Mar. and Oct., daily 10--5; Apr.--Sept., daily 10--6; Nov.--Feb., daily 10--4
- Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
- Location: Corfe Castle
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