Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Compton Castle

Compton Castle, ruins, 3 miles W. of Torquay, E. Devon; ancient seat of the Poles, and one of the finest examples of a fortified house in the W. of England.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ruins"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place: Compton Castle

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