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Dist:0.3km<br/>The Compton valley is steep-sided; here trees along a hedge cast long shadows down the western slopes. Seen from beside the busy lane from Marldon.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>A nearer view of [[1672671]], across an orchard from Marldon Footpath 1 as it descends Ridgeway Hill shortly before it reaches the road through the village.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>Like [[1672594]], a view from Marldon Footpath 1, with a similar backdrop. The castle, a fortified manor house with work dating from the C14 to C16, is described at http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=100611 . The line of trees behind it runs along [[747163]], a green lane that is now just a field access track.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view from Marldon Footpath 1, with the castle and nearby buildings seen through twigs. Behind, a combe leads up from the Compton valley to Brownscombe Wood (right) in [[SX8564]].
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking along the village street, just beyond Compton Castle, a National Trust property.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.3km<br/>Trees are scattered along this hedge which climbs south from the combe shown in [[1672891]].
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>The centrepiece of the knot garden is a topiary squirrel. The squirrel is the Gilbert family of Compton's emblem. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's ship, linked with the expeditions to Newfoundland, was "The Squirrel".
©David Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is close to the Knot Garden.
©Shazz
Dist:0.3km<br/>The southern end of the village of Compton, known as The Narrows.
©Paul Hutchinson
Dist:0.3km<br/>The thatched roof of a large barn is in the background.
©Shazz
Dist:0.4km<br/>The rear of [[1672696]] seen from Castle Lane. "Compton represents a final fling of the medieval castle-building tradition" (Cherry & Pevsner). In that sense, the fortifications are mere show; for a start, the site, deep in a valley, is indefensible.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.4km<br/>Something almost sensuous about the shape of this field on the north side of a combe leading away from the Compton valley. The barn is beside Brownscombe Wood.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.4km<br/>A valley west of Compton; the large field is shown in [[1672881]]. The trees runs along Castle Lane.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.4km<br/>These autumn flowering bulbs are native to Cape Province and Orange Free State in South Africa.
©Roger Cornfoot
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©Roger Cornfoot

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