Monument record MWX698 - Wareham burh

Anglo Saxon burh of Wareham, defences rebuilt during the 10th and 11th centuries. Fortified from the beginning of Alfred's reign. It was a minor mint from the reign of Athelstan onwards. Remains of the the Early medieval earthwork defences surrounding Wareham are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1945 and 2013. Aerial photographs taken in 1945 also indicate that the town was refortifired during the Second World War, with the addition of gun emplacements, barbed wire fencing and anti tank cubes (MDO28785).

The defences of Wareham are mentioned in 876 in the account of the war between King Alfred and the Danes. Wareham is included in the list of fortresses defending the frontiers of Wessex known as the Burghal Hidage. This list, which was drawn up under Edward the Elder and probably between 910 and 919, represents the full development of the system established by King Alfred and his successor; there is good reason to believe that its outline was laid down by King Alfred in the years preceding the Danish invasion of 892. In the Burghal Hidage 1600 hides are allocated to the maintenance and defence of Wareham, sufficient according to the annexed document to support ramparts measuring 2200 yards, a figure which approximates very closely to the length of the banks enclosing the town on the W., N. and E. sides (A. J. Robertson, Anglo Saxon Charters (1939), 246-9). The town covers a roughly square area of about 91 acres and the earthwork defences surrounding it on the N. E. and W sides are known as the 'Walls'; the S. side is bounded by the river Frome. The West Walls were scarped against attack by tanks in 1940. Excavation, observations, and chance finds provide evidence of Iron Age occupation on the site and more widespread evidence of Roman settlement. In 1952-4, the Commission conducted excavations on the West Walls (Med. Arch III (1959), 120-38). The defences were judged to date from the reign of King Alfred, with the addition of a stone wall in the late 10th or 11th century and the recutting of the ditch in the 12th century. The town had four main entrances more or less central in the sides, taking roads roughly E-W and N-S through the defences. Widening has destroyed any remains of the original arrangements, though where North Street now runs up a steep cutting with incurving scarps on either side Hutchins saw 'two very large bastions' (Hutchins I, 77-80 94-5). A gap in the N side between this cutting and the NW angle is probably later; so too are other gaps in the defences on the E and W at the ends of lanes. On the W the line of the defences, which commences at the bank of the Frome and runs N.W. for 585 yards, is notably straighter than elsewhere. Apart from a rough mound just S of West Street and slight traces suggesting a flattened rampart 100 yards S of it, only a ditch 50ft to 70ft. wide and 13ft. deep survives in the S part. The suggestion of a counterscarp bank commencing 50 yards from the S end of, this side is probably due to the scarping of the irregular edge of the river terrace by later tracks, one of which runs into the ditch at this point. N of West Stret the rampart survives but the ditch is only traceable towards the NW corner, though no doubt it continued S for the whole length before the present parallel road was constructed. The N part of the ditch had been partly dug into a gully dropping N through the natural scarp above the river Piddle. The upper part of the rampart has been thrown into the ditch for a distance of 160 yards. N. of West Street and the internal height of about 15ft thereby reduced to 12ft. Where the rampart is best preserved it is 12ft high above the interior and 26ft above the bottom of the ditch, this last being 55ft wide. About 30ft W. of the ditch a scarp rises steeply W. Only the slightest fall is now detectable beyond it and this feature is mostly natural in origin; it may be this that Hutchins describes as an 'outer rampart much defaced'. In the Commission's excavations the rampart and ditch were sectioned completely in one place; the rampart alone was sectioned in two others and tested at a fourth point. Late Iron Age storage pits and Roman occupation material, including New Forest wares of the late 3rd or 4th century, were sealed by a rampart over 9ft high and 47 ft wide, perhaps revetted externally with timber (later scarping had removed the face, but P.S. see Pt 1 p. lxx). It consisted mostly of sand and gravel apparently coming from an external ditch, of which all traces had been removed by later recutting. The black earth containing occupation material which comprised the upper layers seemed to have been derived from behind the rampart where a depression indicating some quarrying was visible in the section. This had already been suggested by observing of a pipe trench cut c. 1930 just to the N of the Commission excavation (C. D. Drew, Dorset Procs LII (1930), lxxxvii-viii), but an observer of a nearby pipe trench cut in 1953 noted that there was no internal quarrying at that point (R. A. H. Farrar, Dorset Procs LXXVIII (1956), 77-8). After some time had elapsed a layer of river loam 4ft thick was added to the rear of the rampart and a stone wall was erected on the crest. The latter had a mortar raft to support footings at least 7ft wide, and a footpath of sand and clay 15ft wide ran behind it. A mortar flange waterproofed the outer edges of the wall footing. Subsequently the wall was thoroughly robbed down to its foundations, a flat-bottomed ditch was dug 30ft wide and 18 feet deep, and some of the material from it dumped on top of the rampart. At the NW corner of the defences the rampart is 15ft high measured from the inside. The natural surface tilts W to the gully already mentioned but the rampart was built up to the same height as elsewhere. Externally it drops 19ft to a shelf where there are traces of damaged scarps described by Warne as 'platforms with low breastworks' (C Warne, Ancient Dorset (1872), 86). There is a suggestion of quarrying on the inside but no sign of an external ditch. The N rampart of the town 670 yards long, follows an irregular line along the scarp; there was presumably no ditch on this side, but a natural ledge is visible at the junction of the rampart and the river terrace. Where best preserved the rampart is 64ft wide, set 30ft to 40ft above the river Piddle and 12ft high above the interior. The N.E. corner is again The E rampart of the town, 760 yards long, in four straight alignments, has an interior height of about 8ft. and a width of 60ft. The southern 120 yards have been virtually destroyed. An excavation in c.1910 revealed evidence suggestive of a stone wall within the rampart (Drew, loc.cit). A road at the foot of the scarp has largely obscured the ditch. A low broad bank, with a ditch to the E., can be traced some 20 yards E of the E rampart for three-quarters of its length (in Wareham St Martin parish). Since it is not precisely parallel to the main defences and has been almost completely levelled, and since evidence for its date is lacking, its relation to other remains is uncertain. On the N it first appears on the edge of marshy ground. The best preserved remains can be seen just N of the edge of the river terrace as a spread bank 80ft across, 2ft. high inside and still 3 1/4 feet above the ditch bottom, with a broken-down counterscarp a further 54 feet to the E. There is no trace of defences on the S side of the town where it borders the river Frome. (RAF. VAP cpe/UK 1821: 6402-4). (2)

Excavation in the north west quarter of Wareham in 1974-75 found occupation dating from the tenth century and illustrated the development of the late Saxon burh. Medieval pits produced assemblages of pottery. A trial excavation in the south west quarter was abortive, and another in the south-east corner discovered the outer ditch of the castle (see SY 98 NW 19) (3)

SY 920876. Town Walls. Scheduled. (4)

Wareham was fortified from at least the early part of Alfred's reign and is classed as a major borough. It had been a minor mint for most issues from the reign of Athelstan, and had two moneyers in 1066. (5)

Remains of the the Early medieval earthwork defences surrounding Wareham are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1945 and 2013 (6-7) and were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Aerial photographs taken in 1945 also indicate that the town was refortifired during the Second World War, with the addition of gun emplacements, barbed wire fencing and anti tank cubes (MDO28785).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey Map 25, 1936 (Map). SWX1185.

(Name Centred SY 920874 & 926876) Town Walls (NR) (Name Centred SY 919874) Bloody Bank (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 322-324 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> D Hinton and R Hodges, 1980, Excavations in Wareham, 1974-5., p42-83 (Article in serial). SWX3024.

<4> DOE, 1977, Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977 82 (Scheduling record). SWX3025.

<5> Hill, D, and Rumbole, A, 1996, The Defence of Wessex: the Burghal Hidage and Anglo-Saxon fortifications, p221 (Monograph). SWX1416.

<6> Royal Air Force, 14-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/194 240 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12695.

<7> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive (Index). SDO14738.

Object Number
Object Title
Scope And Content
884113 RCHME: Lady St Mary, Wareham (Town Defences), Dorset
Photocopy showing 1950's excavation trenches.
913622 RCHME: Wareham West Walls 1, Dorset
Bibliographic References : 1) 1959, Volume 3
913636 RCHME: Wareham East Walls, Dorset
Section of east walls showing cutting made by Southern Electricity Board 17th November 1953.Bibliographic References : 1) 1959, VOLUME 3
913721 RCHME: Wareham West Walls, Site `B', Dorset
Bibliographic References : 1) 1959, Volume 3
913728 RCHME: Wareham West Walls 3, Dorset. Pit Z, north side
913734 RCHME: Wareham West Walls 3, Dorset. Pit Z, north sideBibliographic References : 1) 1959, Volume 3
AA53/07322 WEST WALL LOOKING NORTH-EAST. Donor: UNKNOWN
AA53/07322A WEST WALL LOOKING SOUTH-EAST. Donor: UNKNOWN
AA72/01640 WEST WALLS - SITE B, KERB ON EAST SIDE OF WALL FOOTINGS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01641 WEST WALLS - SITE B, KERB ON EAST SIDE OF WALL FOOTINGS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01642 WEST WALLS - SITE B, KERB ON EAST SIDE OF WALL FOOTINGS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01643 WEST WALLS - NORTH SIDE OF PIT 2. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01644 WEST WALLS - NORTH SIDE OF PIT 2. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01645 WEST WALLS - SITE B, KERB ON E SIDE OF WALL FOOTINGS, DETAIL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01646 WEST WALLS - SITE B, KERB ON EAST SIDE OF WALL FOUNDATIONS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01647 WEST WALLS - VIEW FROM SPOIL HEAP. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01648 WEST WALLS - FOUNDATIONS LOOKING NORTH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01649 WEST WALLS - BACK OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01650 WEST WALLS - BACK OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01651 WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01652 WEST WALLS - SITE C, WEST KERB OF WALL FOOTINGS AND FORWARD KERB. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01653 WEST WALLS - SITE C, WEST KERB OF WALL FOOTINGS AND FORWARD KERB. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01654 WEST WALLS - EAST SLOPE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN. AA72/01655 WEST WALLS - MORTAR RAFT AND EDGE OF ROBBER TRENCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01656 WEST WALLS - MORTAR RAFT WITH ROBBER TRENCH ABOVE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01657 WEST WALLS - LOOKING DOWN ON MORTAR RAFT. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01658 WEST WALLS - MORTAR FEATURE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01659 WEST WALLS - SHORING OF RAMPART. VIEW FROM TOP OF RAMPART TOWARDS DITCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01660 WEST WALLS - LOOKING DOWN INTO DITCH, VIEW FROM TOP OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01661 WEST WALLS - DITCH VIEWED FROM SPOIL HEAP. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01662 WEST WALLS - SPOIL HEAP AND RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01663 WEST WALLS - GENERAL VIEW FROM WEST. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01664 WEST WALLS - GENERAL VIEW OF RAMPART CUTTING, WEST SIDE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01665 WEST WALLS - BOTTOM OF DITCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01666 WEST WALLS - DIGGERS IN DITCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01667 WEST WALLS - DIGGERS IN DITCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01668 WEST WALLS - CUTTING THROUGH BAULK. Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01669 WEST WALLS - RAMPART WITH CUTTING OF BAULK
Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01670 WEST WALLS - RAMPART WITH CUTTING OF BAULK
Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01671 WEST WALLS - RAMPART, FINAL STAGE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
AA72/01672 WEST WALLS - WORKED STONE FROM SITE A (EAST FACE)
AA72/01673 WEST WALLS - WORKED STONE FROM SITE A (EAST FACE)
AF0615810 RCHME: Wareham, Dorset
A large excavation archive compiled by R.E.M. Wheeler and E. Gee between 1952 and 1954.Condition : SATISFACTORYBibliographic Reference: 1) 1959, Volume 3
BB72/03748 NORTH FACE OF DITCH FROM SOUTH-WEST
BB72/03749 WEST WALLS - TOWN PLAN
BB72/03750 WEST WALLS - SITE B, SECTION
BB72/03751 WEST WALLS - DIAGRAM OF RAMPART
BB72/03752 WEST WALLS - SECTION THROUGH RAMPART AND DITCH
BB72/03753 WEST WALLS - SITE A (BLOODY BANK) BEFORE EXCAVATION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03754 WEST WALLS - SITE A (BLOODY BANK) BEFORE EXCAVATION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03755 WEST WALLS - WEST SIDE OF RAMPART BEFORE EXCAVATION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03756 WEST WALLS - WEST SIDE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03757 WEST WALLS - WEST SIDE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03758 WEST WALLS -GENERAL VIEW, WEST SIDE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03759 WEST WALLS - PIT C, WEST SIDE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03760 WEST WALLS - PIT C, WEST SIDE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03761 WEST WALLS - PIT B, STONE SPILL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03762 WEST WALLS - PIT B, STONE SPILL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03763 WEST WALLS - SITE A, MORTAR RAMP FROM NORTH, W SIDE OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03764 WEST WALLS - PIT A LOOKING SOUTH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03765 WEST WALLS - PIT A, LOOKING NORTH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03766 WEST WALLS - PIT B, EAST AND SOUTH WALLS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03767 WEST WALLS - PIT A, NORTH-EAST END. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03768 WEST WALLS - PIT B, LOOKING EAST. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03769 WEST WALLS - PIT A, SOUTH SIDE. WEST SIDE OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03770 WEST WALLS - PIT A, MORTAR BASE OF WALL AND FOOTINGS TRENCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03771 WEST WALLS - PIT A LOOKING WEST. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03772 WEST WALLS - BAULK A/B SHOWING BLACK EARTH
Photographer: UNKNOWN. BB72/03773 WEST WALLS - RAMPART, DITCH AND PITS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03774 WEST WALLS - PIT A LOOKING SOUTH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03775 WEST WALLS - PIT A, SOUTH SIDE
BB72/03776 WEST WALLS - PIT A, SOUTH SIDE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03777 WEST WALLS - SOUTH SIDE OF PIT A. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03778 WEST WALLS - PIT A, NORTH SIDE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03779 WEST WALLS - IRON AGE SHERD IN PIT B TO EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03780 WEST WALLS - COLLAPSE IN PIT A. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03781 WEST WALLS - COLLAPSE IN PIT A LOOKING WEST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03782 WEST WALLS - RAMPART AFTER STORM
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03783 WEST WALLS - SECTION THROUGH RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03784 WEST WALLS - PIT B, NORTH SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03785 WEST WALLS - PIT D, SOUTH SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03786 WEST WALLS - PIT E, SOUTH AND WEST SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03787 WEST WALLS - PIT C, SOUTH-EAST ANGLE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03788 WEST WALLS - PIT F LOOKING WEST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03789 WEST WALLS - SURFACE OF RAMPART AFTER STORM
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03790 WEST WALLS - STONE, NORTH SIDE OF PIT A
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03791 WEST WALLS - LAYERS, SOUTH SIDE, PIT A
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03792 WEST WALLS - LOWER LAYERS IN PIT A
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03793 WEST WALLS - SHUTTERING AT SITE A, WEST SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03794 WEST WALLS - PIT A, TAKING SAMPLES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03795 WEST WALLS - PIT A, SHORING
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03796 WEST WALLS - PIT A, SHORING
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03797 WEST WALLS - RAMPART AND DITCH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03798 WEST WALLS - SOUTH SIDE OF DITCH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03799 WEST WALLS - NORTH SIDE OF DITCH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03800 WEST WALLS - RAMPART AND DITCH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03801 WEST WALLS - GENERAL VIEW. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03802 WEST WALLS - NORTH SECTION OF DITCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03803 WEST WALLS - NORTH SECTION OF DITCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03804 WEST WALLS - DITCH VIEWED FROM RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03805 WEST WALLS - EAST SIDE OF RAMPART BEFORE EXCAVATION
BB72/03806 WEST WALLS - EAST SIDE OF RAMPART BEFORE EXCAVATION
BB72/03807 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART, FEATURE AT BASE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03808 WEST WALLS - FEATURE AT BASE OF RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03809 WEST WALLS - FEATURE AT BASE OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03810 WEST WALLS - EAST SIDE OF RAMPART. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03811 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART, GENERAL VIEW
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03813 WEST WALLS - STONE SPILL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03814 WEST WALLS - STONE SPILL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03815 WEST WALLS - SITE A, MORTAR SPILL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03816 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART, STONE SPILL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03817 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART, STONE SPILL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03818 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART, STONE SPILL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03819 WEST WALLS - CHALK PATCH. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03820 WEST WALLS - CHALK FEATURE IN SECTION. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03821 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART SLOPE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03822 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART STONES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03823 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART STONES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03824 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART, ANIMAL BONES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03825 WEST WALLS - ANIMAL BONES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03826 WEST WALLS - ANIMAL BONES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03827 WEST WALLS - CRACKS AND SHORING
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03828 WEST WALLS - EAST RAMPART DUG TO NATURAL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03829 WEST WALLS - SHUTTERING ON EAST SIDE OF RAMPART, SITE A, DUG TO NATURAL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03830 WEST WALLS - SITE A, EAST RAMPART DUG TO NATURAL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03831 WEST WALLS - SITE A, EAST RAMPART DUG TO NATURAL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03832 WEST WALLS - PIT Z, SOUTH SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03833 WEST WALLS - Z, NORTH SIDE OF SECTION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03834 WEST WALLS - COLLAPSE, SOUTH SIDE OF Z
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03835 WEST WALLS - Z, NORTH SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03836
WEST WALLS - Z, NORTH SIDE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03837
WEST WALLS - SITE B, CAPPING OF RAMPART WALK FROM EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03838
WEST WALLS - SITE B, CAPPING OF RAMPART WALK FROM EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03839 WEST WALLS - PIT Y, SOUTH SIDE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03840 WEST WALLS - PIT Y, SOUTH SIDE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03841 WEST WALLS - PIT Y, SOUTH SIDE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03842 WEST WALLS - SITE B SHOWING ROBBER TRENCH EAST OF RAMPART WALL AND EAST OF LATEST PHASE. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03843 WEST WALLS - PIT Z, ROBBER TRENCH, NORTH BAULK
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03844 WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH, NORTH SECTION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03845 WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH IN Z. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03846 WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH IN Z. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03847 WEST WALLS - SPILL FROM WEST. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03848 WEST WALLS - STONE SPILL FROM EAST IN Z. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03849 WEST WALLS - TOP OF THE RAMPART WALK AT SITE B WITH GULLEY. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03850 WEST WALLS - FOUNDATIONS IN Z. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03851 WEST WALLS – FOUNDATIONS. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03852 WEST WALLS - 4TH CUTTING ON SOUTH SIDE OF Z
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03853 WST WALLS - WHOLE OF FOUNDATIONS FROM EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03854 WEST WALLS - WALL FROM ABOVE IN Z. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03855 WEST WALLS - EXPOSED FOUNDATIONS IN Z. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03856 WEST WALLS - NORTH SIDE OF ROBBER TRENCH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03857 WEST WALLS - NORTH SIDE OF FOUNDATIONS IN Z
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03858
WEST WALLS - PIT Z FROM EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03859
WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH IN Z
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03860
WEST WALL - PIT Z FROM EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03861
WEST WALLS - STONE SPILL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03862
WEST WALLS - BACK OF BANK
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03863
WEST WALLS - REMAINS OF INHUMATION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03864
WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03865
WEST WALLS - MORTAR FEATURE
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03866
WEST WALLS - VIEW THROUGH SHORING FROM EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03867
WEST WALLS - SITE C, SHOWING WEST KERB OF WALL FOOTINGS AND FORWARD KERB
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03868
WEST WALLS - WALL FOUNDATION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03869
WEST WALLS - FOUNDATION OF WALL
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03870 WEST WALLS - FOUNDATION OF WALL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03871 WEST WALLS - ROBBER TRENCH IN SECTION
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03872 WEST WALLS - WALL FOUNDATION LOOKING EAST
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03873 WEST WALLS - EASTERN LIMIT OF WALL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03876 WEST WALLS - SITE C,TRENCH TO OBTAIN SEALED POTTERY UNDER WALL. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03877 WEST WALLS - STEPS AT REAR OF BANK. Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03878 WEST WALLS - STEPS AT REAR OF BANK
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03879 WEST WALLS - PATCH OF CHALKY MORTAR
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03880 WEST WALLS - KERB WITH FLINT
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03881 WEST WALLS - KERB SET IN RAMPART
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03882 WEST WALLS - TRANSVERSE LINE OF PROBABLE CHALK
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB72/03899 WEST WALLS - DETAIL OF STONES
Photographer: UNKNOWN
BB76/04850 RAMPART AND DITCH FROM SOUTH
BB76/05182 TOWN WALL VIEWED FROM CASTLE
Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN
BB77/00888 THE DEFENCES OF WAREHAM - PLAN
BB77/00889 WEST WALLS - SITES A, B, AND C, SECTIONS
CC72/01440 WEST WALLS - SITE A UNDER EXCAVATION
CC72/01441 DITCH AND RAMPARTS FROM SOUTH-WEST
CC72/01442 SOUTH FACE OF DITCH
CC72/01443 NORTH FACE OF DITCH
CC72/01444 WEST WALLS - NORTH-WEST EARTHWORK
CC72/01445 WEST WALLS - SOUTH-WEST EARTHWORK
CC72/01446 VIEW FROM SOUTH-EAST
CC72/01447 NORTH-WEST SECTION OF TOWN DEFENCES FROM SOUTH OF RAILWAY BRIDGE AT SY 917 877. VIEW FROM NORTH-WEST
CC72/01448 TOWN RAMPART AND DITCH FROM SOUTH
CC72/01457 VIEW FROM SOUTH
CC72/01460 DRAWINGS OF POTTERY SHERDS
CC72/01461 DRAWINGS OF POTTERY SHERDS
F52/35/3 NORTH PART OF TOWN WALL, LOOKING WEST FROM SY 9204 8767
F52/35/5 WEST PART OF TOWN WALLS SHOWING EXCAVATION
F52/35/6 WEST PART OF TOWN WALLS SHOWING TRENCHES ACROSS FORMER DITCH
F52/35/8 WEST PART OF TOWN WALLS LOOKING NORTH
F52/44/4 DYKE FROM SY 9063 8740
F52/85/5 WEST PART OF TOWN WALLS SHOWING EXCAVATION AT SY 9196 8747
F52/85/8 WEST PART OF TOWN WALLS FROM SY 9203 8735, LOOKING NORTH
P11008 TOWN WALL VIEWED FROM CASTLE
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<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456707 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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