Ring and bailey earthworks situated 320yds south south west of Corfe Castle. Thought to be a siege castle of 1139 built by Stephen in an unsuccessful attempt to take Corfe castle. Traditionally described as the position of a battery in the civil war.

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Name	Corfe Siege Work; The Rings
Alternative Names
Historic County	Dorset
Civil Parish	Corfe Castle
Type	Siege Work
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Earthworks
Listed	Not listed
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	SY956820
Eastings	395600
Northing	82000
Images of England Reference
PastScape Reference	456823
Historic Environment Record	6 008 176

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Books

• Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p16
• Pomeroy, Colin, 1998, Discover Dorset Castles and Forts (Dovecote Press) p21
• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p64
• Wilton, Phil,1995, Castles of Dorset (Wimborne)
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p127
• Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
• RCHME, 1970, An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset. Vol2: south-east (HMSO) p96-8 plate 91
• Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p138

Journals

• King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127
• Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol33 p106-12 [listed as seigework]
• Simpson, W.Douglas , 1951, 'Development of Corfe Castle' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Vol73 p84
• 1927, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Vol48 p.xlix [slight]

Primary Sources

• Sewell, R.C. (ed), 1846, Gesta Stephani, Regis Anglorum et Ducis Normannorum p54 http://books.google.com/books?id=MK8KAAAAYAAJ