Holwell Castle
Holwell Castle is an archaeological site in Parracombe, North Devon, England. Holwell Castle is situated nearby to Christ Church, as well as near the guest house Fox and Goose Inn.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: castle in Parracombe, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holwell Castle Motte and Bailey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christ Church and St Petrock’s Church, Parracombe.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 870 feet north of Holwell Castle.
St Petrock’s Church, Parracombe
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Petrock's Church in Parracombe, Devon, England was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Petrock’s Church, Parracombe is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Holwell Castle.
Fox and Goose Inn
Guest house
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox and Goose Inn is a guest house, which is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Holwell Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Barbrook.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.
Barbrook
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbrook is a village in Devon, England. It is close to the source of the West Lyn River. The village post office and shop closed on 27 September 2008. Barbrook is situated 3½ miles northeast of Holwell Castle.
Valley of the Rocks
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Valley of Rocks, sometimes called Valley of the Rocks, is a dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in north Devon, England, about 1 kilometre to the west of the village of Lynton. Valley of the Rocks is situated 4 miles northeast of Holwell Castle.
Holwell Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Parracombe, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.18506° or 51° 11′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.90481° or 3° 54′ 17″ westElevation
702 feet (214 metres)Open location code
9C3R53PW+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 580556668OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Holwell Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holwell Castle”
- Swedish: “Holwell Castle”
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