Location: Totnes, Dorset.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Dev/South Hams English Heritage
File Size: 54MB
Close up exterior view from below looking up from just in front of the entrance arch of Berry Pomeroy Castle Gatehouse near Totnes South Hams South Devon South West England UK this viewpoint gives a daunting prospect of the castle's strong gatehouse towers and the machicolations from which missiles could be dropped on intruders dates from the 12th century converted in the fifteenth century to a fortified house belonging to the Pomeroy family In 1547 bought by Edward Seymour one of the most haunted buildings in the United Kingdom steeped in mystery open to the public through English Heritage Berry Pomeroy Castle is built solidly of local shales and sandstones the gatehouse and its twin towers have several classic features including gunports a slot for the portcullis and machicolations closeup; close-up; old building; Grade I listed building; entrance; windows; walls; towers; put log holes; curtain; walls; defence; fortification; military architecture; stone; English Heritage; EH; Medieval; ghosts; haunted; sunny; sunshine; sunlight; high clouds; blue sky; historic; historical; heritage; tourist; attraction; tourism; holiday; vacation; travel; horizontal; landscape; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; Britain; British; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom