berry pomeroy castle devon

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Walk along the River Dart Canadian Geese Gosling Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Tucked away in a deep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Old Ruins of castle, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, UK Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tucked away in a deep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin with a colourful history of intrigue. ÃÂ Within the 15th-century defences of the Pomeroy family castle, looms the dramatic ruined shell of its successor, the great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours. Begun in around 1560 and ambitiously enlarged from around 1600, their mansion was intended to become the most spectacular house in Devon, a match for Longleat andÃÂ Audley End. Never completed, and abandoned by 1700, it became the focus of blood-curdling ghost stories, recounted in the audio tour.