Compton Castle

Grade I listed historic house museum in South Hams, Devon, England, UK

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• British Listed Buildings entry^@
• Gatehouse Gazetteer entry^@
• Historic England entry^@
• Historic England entry^@
• Mapping Museums entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Journal of the British Archaeological Association Comption Castle, Devonshire^@
• Journal of the British Archaeological Association Compton Castle and Manor, Devonshire^@
• Journal of the British Archaeological Association Compton Castle^@
• Tripadvisor page^@
• Gatehouse Gazetteer entry^@

Location: 50.47253, -3.60028, ///bring.wanting.sandpaper, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Frameless

Castle Lane, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 747163

Compton Castle 1

Compton Castle 2

Compton Castle 3

Compton Castle 4

Compton Castle 5

Compton Castle Back

Compton Castle detail - geograph.org.uk - 411842

Compton Castle, Devonshire (3611666734)

Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 411835

Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 411838

Compton Castle in Devon enh

Compton Castle Kitchen

Compton Castle, Marldon, Devon, late 19th century

Compton Castle, Marldon - geograph.org.uk - 66252

Compton Castle, orchard trees

Compton Castle, South Devon in August 2008

Compton Castle, the courtyard

Compton Castle with magnolia - geograph.org.uk - 411848

Comton Castle

Horse chestnut leaves, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 747173

Horse chestnut leaves, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 747179

Nerines, in a border at Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1016668

The Great Barn, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1016637

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		British Listed Buildings entry@			Wikidata
link		Gatehouse Gazetteer entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic England entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic England entry@			Wikidata
link		Mapping Museums entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the British Archaeological Association Comption Castle, Devonshire@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the British Archaeological Association Compton Castle and Manor, Devonshire@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the British Archaeological Association Compton Castle@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
link		Gatehouse Gazetteer entry@		Compton Castle	Gatehouse Gazetteer
fort		Bayard's Cove Fort	tripadvisor, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Berry Head Fort and battery and Hardy's Head Battery			Wikidata
fort		Brixham Battery			Wikidata
fort	1940	Brownstone Battery			Wikidata
fort	1388	Dartmouth Castle	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Exmouth Danish Fort			Wikidata
fort		Gun Battery Immediately North Of Round Top (Not Included)			Wikidata
fort		Hardy's Head Battery At Sx 9440 5675			Wikidata
fort		Kingswear Torpedo Battery			Wikidata
fort		Ramparts, Revetments, North Battery Platform, North And South Musketry Walls Of Northern Fort			Wikidata
fort		Salcombe Castle			Wikidata
fort		The Old Battery			Wikidata
fort		World War II Emergency Coastal Battery and remains of a Victorian practice battery, at Battery Gardens			Wikidata
tower		Paradise Fort			Wikidata
walls		Baste Walls			Wikidata
walls		Town Wall (Rear Curtilage Wall Of No 2) Town Wall (South West Of And Adjoining No 1)			Wikidata
image	2008	Castle Lane, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 747163			Wikimedia
image	2008	Compton Castle 1			Wikimedia
image	2008	Compton Castle 2			Wikimedia
image	2007	Compton Castle 3			Wikimedia
image	2008	Compton Castle 4			Wikimedia
image	2008	Compton Castle 5			Wikimedia
image	1983	Compton Castle Back			Wikimedia
image	2007	Compton Castle detail - geograph.org.uk - 411842			Wikimedia
image	1870	Compton Castle, Devonshire (3611666734)			Wikimedia
image	2007	Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 411835			Wikimedia
image	2007	Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 411838			Wikimedia
image	2007	Compton Castle in Devon enh			Wikimedia
image	1983	Compton Castle Kitchen			Wikimedia
image		Compton Castle, Marldon, Devon, late 19th century			Wikimedia
image	2004	Compton Castle, Marldon - geograph.org.uk - 66252			Wikimedia
image	2010	Compton Castle, orchard trees			Wikimedia
image	2008	Compton Castle, South Devon in August 2008			Wikimedia
image	2010	Compton Castle, the courtyard			Wikimedia
image	2007	Compton Castle with magnolia - geograph.org.uk - 411848			Wikimedia
image	1983	Comton Castle			Wikimedia
image	2008	Horse chestnut leaves, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 747173			Wikimedia
image	2008	Horse chestnut leaves, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 747179			Wikimedia
image	2008	Nerines, in a border at Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1016668			Wikimedia
image	2008	The Great Barn, Compton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1016637			Wikimedia