Devon
See also: Map of castles in DevonCastles of which only earthworks remain include:
- Bampton Castle
- Barnstaple Castle
- Durpley Castle
- Blackdown Rings (Loddiswell)
- Eggesford Castle
- Heywood Castle
- Holwell Castle
- Millsome Castle
- Torrington Castle
- Winkleigh Castle
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Affeton Castle | Fortified manor house | 1401 !15th century | Fragment | Private | Gatehouse of house sacked during English Civil War, with 19th-century alterations. | |
Berry Pomeroy Castle | Enclosure castle | 1401 !15th century | Ruins | EH ! | Very late castle, designed to defend against artillery. | |
Bickleigh Castle | Fortified manor house | 1401 !15th century | Restored | Wedding venue | Incorporated in later buildings. | |
Compton Castle | Fortified manor house | 1301 !14–16th century | Restored | ENT ! | Used as farm after 1750, restored 20th century. | |
Dartmouth Castle | Castle | 1481 !1481 | Restored | EH ! | Converted to artillery castle 1509–47. | |
Castle Drogo | Neo-romantic castle | 1911 !1911–1930 | Intact | ENT ! | By Edwin Lutyens. | |
Gidleigh Castle | Keep | 1301 !c. 1300 | Ruins | HC ! | ||
Hemyock Castle | Enclosure castle | 1380 !c. 1380 | Fragmentary remains | Private | ||
Kingswear Castle | Artillery fort | 1491 !1491–1502 | Intact | Landmark Trust | ||
Lydford Castle | Keep and bailey | 1101 !12–13th century | Ruins | EH ! | ||
Marisco Castle | Keep and bailey | 1243 !c. 1243 | Restored | ENT ! | Restored in 1643. | |
Okehampton Castle | Keep and bailey | 1001 !11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | EH ! | ||
Plympton Castle | Motte and bailey | 1101 !12th century | Fragmentary remains | HC ! | ||
Powderham Castle | Fortified manor house | 1301 !14–16th century | Restored | HH ! Earl of Devon |
Remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries. | |
Rougemont Castle (Exeter) | Castle | 1001 !11–12th century | Fragments | Wedding venue | Medieval fragments survive with later buildings. | |
Salcombe Castle | Artillery fort | 1540 !1540s | Ruins | HAL ! | Refortified in 1643–45. | |
Tiverton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1301 !14th century | Partly habitable | HH ! | 16th-century house built within the castle. | |
Totnes Castle | Shell keep | 1001 !11–14th century | Ruins | EH ! | Well-preserved keep on high motte. | |
Watermouth Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1825 !1825–45 | Intact | Theme park |
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