Baste Walls, Totnes
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Baste Walls, Totnes
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 11 Apr 2017
The Baste Walls are a "Late C14 southern circuit of the Totnes Town wall ... extensively repaired in circa 1639" https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1236962 . The upper and lower parts of South Street, linked here by a flight of steps, reunite further west. The house in between them, on the wall, is "Possibly [a] late C14 defensive tower" https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1264388 .
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Image Location
Latitude
50.430731
Longitude
-3.689073