 Gidleigh Castle

Gidleigh Castle in the small village of Gidleigh on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles (3 km) north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon was the manor house of the manor of Gidleigh .It was built by William de Prouz in about 1324.It is now believed to have been a fortified manor house rather than a true castle, but the appelation of castle is by long tradition, for example it was called "Gidlegh Castell" by the Devon historian Sir William Pole (d.1635).