Location: Okehampton, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Inland Dev/West Devon English Heritage
File Size: 54MB
Looking up at the ruins of Okehampton Castle Keep standing on its high motte or raised mound the motte was one of the earliest features of the castle and was constructed in the late 11th century on a natural spur which was raised to 25m with rocks and earth from a ditch 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 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; steps; railings; path; clear blue sky; sunshine; sunlight; sunny; shadows; hill; hilltop ruins; grass mound; mount; grassy bank; grassy mound; landscape; horizontal; inland; holiday attraction; vacation; travel; tourism; tourist attraction; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom