Title

Dartmouth Castle, Devon

Caption

Dartmouth Castle, Devon, c2000s(?). View from the entrance to the Dart Estuary with the gun tower (1481), north gun platform (1539-1544) and St Petroc's Church (1641) visible. Begun in the late 14th century, the castle stands on a rocky promontory which juts out into the Dart estuary. Built to protect the merchants of Dartmouth, it was one of the earliest castles designed with artillery in mind.

Date

2000

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B06_192

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,6in x 15,4in / 3778 x 4630 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior river sea water coast building buildings England religious architecture sailing boat boat boats coastal country tower religion British geography English church castle color colour defence devon yacht medieval fortress Christian Christianity fortification location sailboat century Britain dart outside Tudor 21st century 17th century dartmouth water transport mediaeval Middle Ages 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century 15th century English Heritage 2000s church tower Dartmouth Castle fifteenth century geographical feature TGN River Dart photograph Unknown St Petroc's Church gun tower photograph