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Gidleigh Castle is a small fortified manor house situated in Devon, dating to the late fourteenth century. The surviving remains consist of a square stone tower keep with walls of considerable thickness, positioned to command views across the surrounding moorland terrain. The castle was constructed during the medieval period when such fortified residences were common amongst the Devon gentry, serving both defensive and residential purposes. Today the fragmentary ruins represent an important example of late medieval military domestic architecture in the South West.
Gidleigh Castle (remains of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004603. View the official record →
Gidleigh Castle is a small fortified manor house situated in Devon, dating to the late fourteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004603.
Gidleigh Castle (remains of) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004603.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down (9.8 km), Clapper Bridge, Postbridge (9.8 km), Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gidleigh Castle (remains of)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Gidleigh Castle (remains of) stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.