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What is recorded here
The Gatehouse of Compton Castle - Compton Pauncefoot (2) is a castle, fort or tower in Somerset, England. Perhaps it stood as a warning to travellers or a home for a proud family. Maybe its stones still hold the heat of hands that built them. Imagine a door closing behind you as rain begins to fall.
A named place photographed at this map point in Somerset.
Built in the 14th century by the Pauncefoot family, the Gatehouse of Compton Castle is remembered as a notable medieval structure in Somerset, reflecting the region's feudal history and architectural heritage.
Places near here
Windsor Lodge and attached gateway, Compton CastleListed building · 27 yd
The Gatehouse to Compton Castle - Compton PauncefootCastle, fort or tower · 35 yd
Compton CastleRegistered park or garden · 292 yd
The CrescentListed building · 384 yd
Old WoodWood · 652 yd
Littleton HillMountain / peak · 1125 yd
Cadbury Castle, SomersetCastle, fort or tower · 1.1 mi
Parrock HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Old Milestone east of Corton DenhamMonument or public art · 1.9 mi
Old Milestone by the B3145, Charlton HorethorneMonument or public art · 1.9 mi
Haynes International Motor MuseumMuseum · 2.5 mi
West WoodWood · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0