Corfe Castle

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Corfe castle village seen from the castle

Corfe Castle is a small village and ruined castle (50°38′25″N, 2°03′34″W) dating back to the 11th century. It is in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, five miles south of Wareham, in Dorset, England.

[change] The castle

Corfe Castle from the north

The oldest surviving structure on the castle site dates to the 11th century, although there are good reasons to suppose that there was a stronghold there before the Norman Conquest. Edward the Martyr was killed at the site on March 18, 978.

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