Location: Totnes, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Dev/South Hams
File Size: 29MB
View of Totnes Castle from the east it was raised immediately after the Norman Conquest by Judhael a Breton follower of William I using a natural mound of volcanic rock and building it higher still to command the area and overawe the conquered inhabitants it was enlarged and rebuilt in 1336 using local red sandstone and has one of England's best preserved Norman mottes raised castle mounds Totnes South Hams Devon South West England UK atmospheric; fort; fortification; round; keep; motte; hill; Medieval; Middle Ages; history; historical; heritage; historic building; Grade I listed building; ancient monument; English Heritage; EH; stone built; walls; crenellations; defence; roofs; houses; homes; chimneys; windows; trees; leaves; sunshine; sunlight; blue sky; autumn; fall; colours; shadows; ivy; grass; trees; holiday; vacation; travel; tourist attraction; tourism; landscape; horizontal; inland; Westcountry; West Country; South West England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom