Rufus Castle, or Bow-and-Arrow Castle [Hardy's Red King's Castle]

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Rufus Castle, or Bow-and-Arrow Castle

Isle of Portland

Hardy's The Red King's Castle

Scanned image and text 2002 by Philip V. Allingham

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According to the editors, many of whose remarks seem based on Thomas Hardy's Wessex (1913) by Herman Lea,"The Red King's Castle may be Rufus Castle, or Bow-and-Arrow Castle, on the Isle of Portland. It is said to have been built by William Rufus. The remains of the castle stand three hundred feet above the water."

Source of photograph: The Well-Beloved, Anniversary Edition of the Wessex Novels, 1920, facing p. 158.

Bibliography

Hardy, Thomas. "The Wessex Novels II. Romances and Fantasies: The Well-Beloved & A Group of Noble Dames. "Anniversary Edition of the Wessex Novels." Vol 13. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1920. This edition derives in part from previous editions and the photographs of 1912.

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