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English Heritage, Launceston Castle

Image credit: Launceston Castle, English Heritage. Skyscan Balloon Photography

Open to the public

Castle or defences in Cornwall

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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, Earl of Cornwall, inside an earlier circular shell-keep. The castle long remained a prison and George Fox, founder of the Quakers, suffered harsh confinement here in 1656.

Launceston, Cornwall PL15 7DR England

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01566 772365

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http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/launceston-castle/