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Keynedon Barton

In the civil parish of Frogmore and Sherford.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Devon, 1974 county of Devon).

Forecourt walls, remains of gateway and barn to Keynedon Farmhouse. C15, barn probably C17. Slate stone rubble walls. The battlemented wall still shows on the south side but on the north it has been concealed by the building of the barn probably in the Cl7. The moulded jambs of the main gate on the East side still survive as high as the springing and the wall to the side of it has a chamfered plinth and moulded string. The C15 gate-tower above the arch was demolished in the late C19. There are a number of blocked window openings in the courtyard walls. Seems unlikely that battlemented walls were really fortifications.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.


This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 100764)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX77474328

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

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PastScape number; 444457

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