Location: Okehampton, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Inland Historic Buildings/Sites Dev/West Devon English Heritage
File Size: 29MB
Looking up from the west through a gap in the trees 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 on the eastern side the keep was built in two stages the square solid western part predominating in this photograph is part of the castle's 14th century rebuilding 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; 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