Leigh Drummers; The Castle
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Leigh Drummers; The Castle |
| Alternative Names | Drummers Castle |
| Historic Country | Dorset |
| Modern Authority | Dorset |
| 1974 Authority | Dorset |
| Civil Parish | Leigh |
Called oval ditched enclosure of possible castle by Wilton.
A medieval woodland bank or late prehistoric non-defensive enclosure. The monument takes the form of an oval enclosure measuring 310m N-S with a weak inner bank of an average 8 metre width. To the south-west and north-east are two entrances, both causewayed and measuring circa 4m in width. (PastScape)
The Castle, earthwork on the E. edge of the parish about 1 m. S.E. of the church, consists of a slight bank with occasional traces of an outer ditch and enclosing a roughly oval area of about 9 acres. The bank has been destroyed on much of the S.E. and S.W. sides but is in part represented by a scarp. There are two gaps towards the N.E. and S.W. which may represent entrances. The work occupies a comparatively level and low-lying site. (RCHME)
Slight bank with traces of outer ditch, enclosing around 9 acres. (Dorset HER as Iron Age Hillfort)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | ST629077 |
| Latitude | 50.867618560791 |
| Longitude | -2.52713990211487 |
| Eastings | 362900 |
| Northings | 107700 |
