Bossiney Castle
Bossiney Castle is a Norman fortification, built in the 11th century, following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. It is in the village of Bossiney, in North Cornwall The remains of the motte are on private land with no public access, but can be viewed from the B3263, lying behind the 19th-century Methodist Chapel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tintagel Castle and Bossiney Haven.
Tintagel Castle
Archaeological site
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Tintagel Castle is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Tintagel Castle is situated 1 mile west of Bossiney Castle.
Bossiney Haven
Beach
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Bossiney Haven is a small cove in the civil parish of Tintagel. It is on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and a mile east of Tintagel and three miles west of Boscastle. Bossiney Haven is situated 1,900 feet north of Bossiney Castle.
King Arthur’s Great Halls
Museum
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King Arthur's Great Halls is a Grade II* listed building in Fore Street, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK. Built in the early 1930s by Frederick Thomas Glasscock, it originally served as the headquarters for a social organization known as the Order of the Fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur’s Great Halls is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Bossiney Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bossiney and Halgabron.
Bossiney
Hamlet
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Bossiney is a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It forms part of the civil parish of Tintagel, and lies north-east of Tintagel village.
Halgabron
Locality
Halgabron is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Halgabron is east of Bossiney. The family of Robartes once held land at Halgabron. Halgabron mill was built on the Trevillet River in the 19th century.
Rocky Valley
Locality
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Rocky Valley is a small valley in the parish of Tintagel, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The valley has been carved by the Trevillet River in Trethevy around one mile east of Tintagel.
Bossiney Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, ringwork castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tintagel, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bossiney Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bossiney Castle”
- Cebuano: “Bossinney Castle”
- Swedish: “Bossiney Castle”
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