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Okehampton Castle
2003
For 500 years after its Norman beginnings, Okehampton Castle served as a dramatic symbol of the power of its owners. The impressive castle ruins, high on their spur overlooking the valley of the River Okement, include extensive remains of the Norman keep, the medieval guest lodgings (some of the most luxurious of their time), the chapel and priest's lodgings, the huge kitchens with ovens built into the base of the motte, and the great hall. Written by Dartmoor archaeologist Alan Endacott and published by English Heritage.
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Plate from Amid Devonia's Alps, page 25, 1888“In Peter Tavy, too, may be seen " the spinners and knitters in the sun ; " and the very old and the very young are often seen together side by side ; and girls with their pitchers filling them with water from the little channels and rivulets that abound throughout the village. These present ...”
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