Location: Okehampton, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Inland Dev/West Devon English Heritage
File Size: 52MB
Wide angle view of Okehampton Castle ruins from the south on the left is the oldest part of the castle the raised mound or motte crowned with the keep below the motte are the walls of domestic buildings dotted with put log holes used by the builders to secure their scaffolding 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; old; medieval; building; Norman: fortification; fort; historical; history; heritage; historic building; Grade 1 listed building; EH; stone built; masonry; defence; fortification; military architecture; keep; motte; lodgings; chapel; gatehouse; bailey; trees; hedge; fence; clear blue sky; sunshine; sunlight; sunny; shadows; hill; 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