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COMPTON-CASTLE, an ancient seat, now a farm-house, 4½ miles S of Newton-Bushel, in Devon. It belonged to successively the Poles, the Comptons, and the Gilberts; and passed, about the beginning of the present century, to the Templars. It has a machicolated gateway; and shows other features of the fortified mansion of the time of Edward III.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an ancient seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Compton Castle |
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