Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KITLEY

KITLEY, a seat in the S of Devon; on the river Yealm, 2 miles S of Plympton-Earls. It belonged to the Pollexfens; passed to the Bastards; and contains many of Reynold's paintings. A large cavern is near it, of similar character to the famous fossil cavern of Yealm-Bridge; but it has not been found to contain any bones.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place: Kitley

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