Gidleigh Castle
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Gidleigh Castle is in the small village of Gidleigh on the edge of Dartmoor some 3 km to the north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon (grid reference SX671884).
This was a fortified manor house built by William de Prouz around 1324.
It is now a ruined keep tower with two storeys, an undercroft and a first floor hall.
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- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3