Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, is a ruined castle overlooking Church Ope Cove

Church Ope Cove

Church Ope Cove is a small secluded beach on the sheltered eastern side of the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England. The beach has many unusual features for the Isle of Portland. To access the beach there is a path which runs through a wood and a pirate graveyard next to the remains of...

 on Portland

Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The castle is a Grade I listed building, dating from the late C15, on the site of an earlier building. Remains include parts of the keep, outer bailey, sections of wall with gun ports and a C19 round-arched bridge across Church Ope Road.

Ownership

Rufus Castle is owned by Mark Watson a writer and broadcaster on royalty and genealogy. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19970810/ai_n14467049/ He has written books on royalty such as Royal Families Worldwide.http://www.shepheard-walwyn.co.uk/book_details.asp?Bookid=196