Reconstruction illustration showing an aerial view of Totnes after the Norman restructuring of the town in the late eleventh century. The motte-and-bailey castle is in the foreground and a new settlement outside the walls stretches to the River Dart.

Date:
circa 1991
Location:
Totnes Castle, Totnes, South Hams, Devon
Reference:
IC101/003
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The Norman castle was begun in circa 1068, soon after the Normans reached the south-west of England. The castle and its defences were imposed upon the layout of the existing Saxon town. A view of the town in the fourteenth century, shown from the same viewpoint, can be seen in illustration IC101/004. This illustration was reproduced in black and white on page 12 of the 1992 English Heritage guidebook for the castle, and in colour on page 14 of the 1998 guidebook.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC101 Totnes Castle, Devon; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Medieval Motte And Bailey, Medieval Castle, Medieval Town