Location: Okehampton, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Inland Dev/West Devon English Heritage
File Size: 53MB
Wide angle view of Okehampton Castle ruins from the east on the left the barbican entrance leads to the partly ruined gatehouse behind the gatehouse and built on the bailey are the domestic buildings including the great hall on the right towering over the domestic buildings is the oldest part of the castle the raised mound or motte crowned with the keep Okehampton Castle was founded between 1068 and 1086 by the Sheriff of Devon Baldwin de Brionne in 1170 it passed to the powerful Courtenay family later Earls of Devon who transformed the austere Norman castle into an aristocratic residence with a large deer park Okehampton Castle is open to the public through English Heritage Okehampton Castle Castle Road Okehampton on the edge of Dartmoor National Park West Devon South West England UK atmospheric; medieval; Norman: fortification; fort; historical; history; heritage; historic building; Grade 1 listed building; EH; stone built; masonry; defence; fortification; military architecture; keep; motte; great hall; gatehouse; bailey; trees; clear blue sky; sunshine; sunlight; sunny; shadows; hill; hilltop ruins; grass mound; mount; grassy bank; grassy mound; landscape; horizontal; vista; inland; holiday attraction; vacation; travel; tourism; tourist attraction; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom