Plympton Castle

Plympton Castle is a ruins in , . Plympton Castle is situated nearby to , as well as near .
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: former castle near Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Remains of Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Maurice, Plympton and Longcause Community Special School.

Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Maurice is located in , , England. Dating to the 15th century, it is now a Grade II* listed building. The church is of Church of England denomination. is situated 580 feet east of Plympton Castle.

School
is a special school for students aged 4 to 16 with learning difficulties. The college has about 100 students. The school specialises in children with cognitive, learning, communication and interaction difficulties. is situated 1,000 feet east of Plympton Castle.

Library
Photo: Clib31, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Plympton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plympton St Maurice and Plympton.

Suburb
Plympton is a suburb of the city of in , England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.

Town
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the city of in , England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.

Locality
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in the county of . Originally, it was a small village beside the coaching route around the top of the where travellers stopped before or after crossing the marshland known as Marsh Mills and the road to then Exeter and London. is situated 2 miles west of Plympton Castle.

Plympton Castle

Latitude
50.38386° or 50° 23′ 2″ north
Longitude
-4.04926° or 4° 2′ 57″ west
Open location code
9C2Q9XM2+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1078017228
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q15840668
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Plympton Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Plympton Castle”
  • German: “Plympton Castle”
  • Swedish: “Plympton Castle”

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