Blackdown Archives - Bringing the past to the present

Hemyock Castle 2001.

Sealed Knot Demonstration.

Sealed Knot demonstrating the loading and firing of their muskets.

Sealed Knot Weekend

Sealed Knot weekend camp at Hemyock Castle, depicting life as it was in the troubled days of the English Civil War.

The Sealed Knot March

The Sealed Knot marching through the village on their way to the castle for a weekend in August 1994.

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A Michaelmas Fair held in the castle grounds on the 27th. September 1986. L to R. Phyllis Fleming, Joan Austin, Meg Palmer, Beryl Smith, Joan Lutley, Ted […]

The gateway and granite door.

The Castle gateway and granite door to the house as they are today.

Gerald Lane looking up the tower.

Looking down into one of the towers under repair in the 1980s with Gerald Lane who worked on the stone masonry of the buildings.

Renovations to the Gatehouse in 1980.

Renovations underway to the gatehouse in the 1980s

Castle Outbuildings and Stables

Early postcard view of castle outbuildings and stables, with the main house in the background.