Penstowe Castle
Penstowe Castle, also called Kilkhampton Castle, was a medieval fortification built near Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, possibly during the years of the civil war in the 12th century known as the Anarchy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Duncan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Castle in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kilkhampton Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include GCHQ Bude.
GCHQ Bude
Military installation
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
GCHQ Bude, also known as GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation Station Morwenstow, abbreviated to GCHQ CSO Morwenstow, is a UK Government satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre located on the north Cornwall coast at Cleave Camp, between the small villages of Morwenstow and Coombe. GCHQ Bude is situated 2½ miles west of Penstowe Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stibb and Woodford.
Stibb
Hamlet
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stibb is a hamlet near Bude in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Stibb lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Woodford
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodford is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located southeast of Morwenstow, northwest of Kilkhampton and north of Flexbury. Woodford is situated 2 miles northwest of Penstowe Castle.
Coombe
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coombe is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Combe is situated in the civil parish of Morwenstow three miles north of Bude. Most houses in the settlement are owned by the Landmark Trust. Coombe is situated 2 miles west of Penstowe Castle.
Penstowe Castle
- Categories: castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.87695° or 50° 52′ 37″ northLongitude
-4.49887° or 4° 29′ 56″ westElevation
377 feet (115 metres)Open location code
9C2QVGG2+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 9871674047OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Penstowe Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penstowe Castle”
- German: “Penstowe Castle”
- Swedish: “Penstowe Castle”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Penstowe Castle”. Photo: John Duncan, CC BY-SA 2.0.