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Castle Drogo
Devon
Castle Drogo sits on a commanding position overlooking Dartmoor, its name preserving memory of a fortification that once stood here. The site shows the characteristic earthworks of a medieval stronghold: ditches, banks and the flattened platform where the castle keep would have risen. Little above ground remains to visitors today, but the landscape itself tells the story of strategic settlement on the high moor edge.
Grade II* listed for its archaeological interest, the site offers a sense of how medieval lords chose defensible ground and how those choices still shape our reading of the moor. Walking here, you stand where someone once watched over this corner of Devon, and the moorland views explain why they chose this place.
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