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==Devon== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: BβK#Devon|label 1=Map of castles in Devon}} Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:<ref name="King"/><ref>Higham (1988), p.143.</ref> {{flatlist| *[[Bampton Castle, Devon|Bampton Castle]] *[[Barnstaple Castle]] *[[Danes Castle]] *[[Newton St Petrock|Durpley Castle]] *[[Loddiswell|Blackdown Rings (Loddiswell)]] *[[Eggesford|Eggesford Castle]] *[[Eggesford|Heywood Castle]] *[[Parracombe|Holwell Castle]] *[[Bondleigh|Millsome Castle]] *[[Plymouth Castle]] *[[Castle Hill, Torrington|Torrington Castle]] *[[Winkleigh|Winkleigh Castle]] }} {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" width="100%" !width="12%"|Name !width="10%"|Type !width="8%" |Date !width="10%"|Condition !class="unsortable" width="94"|Image !width="10%"|Ownership / Access !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |[[Affeton Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Affeton gatehouse500.jpeg|90px]] |Private |Gatehouse of house sacked during English Civil War, with 19th-century alterations.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-97406-affeton-castle-east-worlington "Affeton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118233142/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-97406-affeton-castle-east-worlington |date=2012-01-18 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Berry Pomeroy Castle]] |Enclosure castle |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Berry Pomeroy Castle - geograph.org.uk - 913529.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Very late castle, designed to defend against artillery.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446514 "Berry Pomeroy Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034234/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446514 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Bickleigh Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Restored |[[File:Bickleigh castle.jpg|90px]] |Wedding venue |Incorporated in later buildings.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36331 "Bickleigh Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034243/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36331 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Compton Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14β16th century}} |Restored |[[File:Compton Castle in Devon enh.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Used as farm after 1750, restored 20th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446388 "Compton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034302/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446388 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Dartmouth Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1481|1481}} |Restored |[[File:Dartmouth Castle - geograph.org.uk - 725989.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Converted to artillery castle 1509β47.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446022 "Dartmouth Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034326/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446022 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Castle Drogo]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|1911|1911β1930}} |Intact |[[File:Drogo.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |By [[Edwin Lutyens]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=445794 "Castle Drogo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034336/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=445794 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Gidleigh Castle]] |Keep |{{sort|1301|c. 1300}} |Ruins |[[File:Gidleigh Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=443533 "Gidleigh Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034345/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=443533 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Hemyock Castle]] |Enclosure castle |{{sort|1380|c. 1380}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Hemyock Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1491334.jpg|90px]] |Private |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=188945 "Hemyock Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190504/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=188945 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Kingswear Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1491|1491β1502}} |Intact |[[File:Kingswear Castle from Dartmouth Castle.jpg|90px]] |[[Landmark Trust]] |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446023 "Kingswear Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034352/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446023 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lydford Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12β13th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Lydford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 31173.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=440670 "Lydford Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034401/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=440670 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lundy#Marisco Castle|Marisco Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1243|c. 1243}} |Restored |[[File:Mariscocastle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Restored in 1643.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=31785 "Marisco Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190026/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=31785 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Okehampton Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β14th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Okehampton Castle Motte, 2009 - geograph.org.uk - 1574337.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=440855 "Okehampton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034527/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=440855 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Plympton|Plympton Castle]] |Motte and bailey |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Plympton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 103022.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=438419 "Plympton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190523/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=438419 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Powderham Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14β16th century}} |Restored |[[File:Powderham Castle 02.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}}<br/>[[Earl of Devon]] |Remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=447985 "Powderham Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034557/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=447985 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Rougemont Castle]] ([[Exeter]]) |Castle |{{sort|1001|11β12th century}} |Fragments |[[File:Rougemont Castle gatehouse, 2010.jpg|90px]] |Wedding venue |Medieval fragments survive with later buildings.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=448314 "Rougemont Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005013131/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=448314 |date=2015-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Salcombe Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1540|1540s}} |Ruins |[[File:Salcombecastle.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HAL|[[Image:UKAL icon.svg]]}} |Refortified in 1643β45.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=444277 "Salcombe Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034623/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=444277 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Tiverton Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Partly habitable |[[File:Tiverton , Tiverton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1287124.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |16th-century house built within the castle.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36436 "Tiverton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034633/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36436 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Totnes Castle]] |Shell keep |{{sort|1001|11β14th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Totnes Castle1.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Well-preserved keep on high motte.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446547 "Totnes Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007034647/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=446547 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Watermouth Castle]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|1825|1825β45}} |Intact |[[File:Watermouth Bay and Castle, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 1534396.jpg|90px]] |Theme park |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=984169 "Watermouth Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125348/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=984169 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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