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Lydford Castle really ought to be known as Lydford Prison. Indeed, the historian Andrew Saunders described it as ‘the earliest example of a purpose-built gaol’ in England. It was constructed at the end of the 12th century, and its central purpose quickly became the administration of local laws – and the imprisonment of those who dared to flout them.
The castle was even redesigned in the middle of the 13th century to resemble an archaic symbol of punitive authority, the ‘motte and bailey’. This involved burying the ground floor of the tower under a mound of earth, which had the additional advantage of forming an underground pit to house the lowest status prisoners.
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