Launceston Castle is set on the high motte of a stronghold built soon after the Norman Conquest. It was famously used as a jail for George Fox during the reign of Charles II. As the venue for the county assizes and jail, the castle witnessed the…
Distance:
11.1 miles
away
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th‐century tower keep on a mound, later a prison notorious for harsh punishments ‐ 'the most annoyous, contagious and detestable place within this realm.' To the south is an earlier Norman…
Distance:
0.5 miles
away
The remains of the largest castle in Devon, in an outstandingly picturesque setting on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest as a motte and bailey castle with a stone keep, it was converted into a sumptuous residence in the 14th…
Distance:
8.5 miles
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Buckland Abbey is a 700‐year‐old building with fine 16th‐century great hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville.Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The house, incorporating the remains of the 13th‐century abbey church, has…
Distance:
10.8 miles
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The Garden House is centred on an enchanting Walled Garden created by the plantsman Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katharine around the romantic ruins of a medieval vicarage. Lionels's successor Keith Wiley extended the garden into new areas such as the South African Garden, the Acer Glade,…
Distance:
9.9 miles
away