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Launceston Castle
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| Looking for: | Castles/Stately Homes, Learning/Historical | | Address: | Castle Lodge
Launceston
Cornwall | | Postcode: | PL15 7DR | | Nearest City: | Truro | | Telephone: | +44 (0)1566 772 365 |
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Description
Set on a large natural mound, Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, its focus is an unusual keep consisting of a 13th-century round tower built by Richard of Cornwall, inside an earlier circular shell-keep. Within, the large central chamber is now reached via a dark corridor.
The castle long remained a prison and George Fox, founder of the Quakers, suffered harsh confinement here in 1656. A display traces 1,000 years of history, with finds from site excavations. |
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