Castles and forts in South Hams
The Discover Alone map has 17 castles and forts in South Hams, England. Below are the 17 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Totnes CastleScheduled monumentTotnes Castle is a scheduled monument in South Hams, England, where a Norman lord imposed a stone shell-keep atop an…
Iron Age cliff castle known as Bolt Tail CampScheduled monumentBolt Tail Camp is an Iron Age cliff castle on a narrow headland above Hope Cove, where a sixteen-foot earth rampart and…
Dartmouth CastleScheduled monumentDartmouth Castle is a scheduled monument in Devon because it is one of the oldest purpose-built coast artillery forts…
BovisandCastleBovisand is a castle in South Hams, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet watchtower above the coastal fields, guarding…
Bayard's Cove Castle: a blockhouse in DartmouthScheduled monumentBayard's Cove Castle is a semi-circular stone blockhouse built in the 16th century to guard the southern entrance of…
Bovisand FortFortBovisand Fort is a fort in South Hams, England. Perhaps soldiers walked wet grass at dawn, listening for boats that…
Hembury CastleScheduled monumentNo. That is an all-or-nothing claim about a whole identity. Better to say which exact part is being limited, such as a…- Slapton CastleArchaeological placeSlapton Castle is an Iron Age hillfort where a modern lane still cuts through the ancient ramparts, proving that human…
- Site of Ilton CastleArchaeological placeIlton Castle has vanished into the South Hams soil, leaving behind a ghost shape rather than a standing wall. The…
- Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford BartonScheduled monumentRingwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton is a scheduled monument in South Hams, England. The earthworks…
- Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle FarmScheduled monumentIlton Castle anchored a long medieval village on the Malborough slope, holding a quadrangular stone chamber and four…
- Medieval fortified house at Compton CastleScheduled monumentCompton Castle is a 14th century manor house fortified in the 15th or 16th century and restored in the 20th century. It…
- Holne Chase CastleScheduled monumentHolne Chase Castle is a late medieval fortified house in Devon, built for the minor gentry and still standing as a…
- Hillfort known as Slapton CastleScheduled monumentSlapton Castle is an Iron Age hillfort where a hedged lane still cuts through the ancient ramparts, proving that human…
- Blackdown Rings prehistoric hillfort and medieval castleScheduled monumentTen acres of iron-age rings stand on Blackdown Hill, watching the Avon valley and the road from moor to sea. A Norman…
- Berry Pomeroy Castle: a defended residence and Tudor mansionScheduled monumentBerry Pomeroy Castle stands on a wooded hill above the South Hams, holding thirteen-century stone gates beside the…
- Hembury Castle SiteArchaeological placeHembury Castle Site marks a lost fortification in South Hams, England, where earth and stone once shaped human defence.…