Berry Pomeroy Castle

Berry Pomeroy Castle stands in woodland above the Gatcombe Brook near Totnes, on the south-eastern edge of Devon just outside the Dartmoor National Park boundary. It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family, who had held the surrounding land since shortly after the Norman Conquest. In 1547 the Pomeroys, in financial difficulty, sold the castle to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector to the young Edward VI. Seymour was executed for treason in 1552 and his lands were forfeited to the Crown, but his son, also named Edward, recovered the castle in 1558.