Charmouth Town Defences
Has been described as a Questionable Urban Defence
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Charmouth Town Defences |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Dorset |
| Modern Authority | Dorset |
| 1974 Authority | Dorset |
| Civil Parish | Charmouth |
New post-Conquest medieval defensive circuits and medieval extensions to earlier circuits, consisting only of gates and/or earthen defences. – C14 medieval earthen banks and/or ditch; Fragmentary remains; Circumstantial or secondary documentary evidence only; No archaeological excavation of defences known. (Bond 1987)
Medieval planned town. Charmouth was founded in AD 1320 when the Abbot of Forde created a free borough. The general lay out of the town can be traced in some of the burgage plots, especially on the north side of the town. A boundary bank also survives. (PastScape)
The general lay-out of the medieval town can still be traced to some extent. On the north the bugage plots survive and the limits of the town are clearly marked by property boudaries, including stone and rubble walls of uncertain date. There is no trace of a ditch, but an original bank may be preserved in soil build-up. (PastScape ref. Penn)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SY365937 |
| Latitude | 50.7384185791016 |
| Longitude | -2.90222001075745 |
| Eastings | 336500 |
| Northings | 93700 |
