Gidleigh Castle

Gidleigh Castle

Gidleigh Castle is in the small village of Gidleigh on the edge of Dartmoor some 3 km to the north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon (gbmapping|SX671884).

This was a fortified manor house built by William de Prouz around 1324.

It is now a ruined keep tower with two storeys, an undercroft and a first floor hall.

References

* [http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexpgid.html Gidleigh Castle 1]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/852.html Gidleigh Castle 2]
*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, "The David & Charles Book of Castles", David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3


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