Location: Berry Pomeroy, Devon.

Photographer: Robert Hesketh

Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Dev/South Hams English Heritage

File Size: 29MB

Close up looking through triple gunports of varying sizes to accommodate different guns in St Margaret's Tower at Berry Pomeroy Castle built solidly of local shales and sandstones near Totnes South Hams South Devon South West England UK having multiple gunports enabled the artillery crew to reload two guns whilst another gun was fired this design is rare in England but more common in German castles this castle 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 closeup; close-up; interior; inside; old building; Grade I listed building; defence; fortification; military architecture; stone; English Heritage; EH; Medieval; ghosts; haunted; historic; historical; heritage; tourist; attraction; tourism; holiday; vacation; travel; upright; vertical; portrait; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; Britain; British; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom

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