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Dartmouth

Dartmouth Castle

Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect in , England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed Device Fort in Dartmouth, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Dartmouth Artillery Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Petrox, Dartmouth and Kingswear Castle.

Church
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an artillery fort, built to protect in , England. It was constructed between 1491 and 1502 in response to the threat of French attack and was one of the first purpose-built artillery forts in Britain. is situated 1,400 feet east of Dartmouth Castle.

Church
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is situated in the village of in the English county of , it stands in a slightly elevated position at the junction of Higher Street and Church Hill close to the railway station and the Dartmouth Lower Ferry and overlooks the . is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Dartmouth Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Churston Ferrers and Galmpton.

Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of , , England, situated between the south coast towns of and . is situated 3½ miles north of Dartmouth Castle.

Village
Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a semi-rural village in , in the ceremonial county of , England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of , though some areas historically considered parts of , such as and Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. is situated 3½ miles north of Dartmouth Castle.

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of in the county of , in the south-west of . As of the 2021 census, had a population of 16,825.

Dartmouth Castle

Latitude
50.3418° or 50° 20′ 31″ north
Longitude
-3.56572° or 3° 33′ 57″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
9C2R8CRM+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 293598135
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6285886
Wiki­data ID
Q675259
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dartmouth Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Dartmouth Artillery Castle”
  • Cebuano: “Dartmouth Castle”
  • Chinese: “達特茅夫城堡”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Dartmouth”
  • Danish: “Dartmouth Castle”
  • Dutch: “Dartmouth Castle”
  • French: “château de Dartmouth”
  • French: “Château de Dartmouth”
  • German: “Dartmouth Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Dartmouth”
  • Italian: “Castello di Dartmouth”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Dartmouth”
  • Swedish: “Dartmouth Artillery Castle”
  • Swedish: “Dartmouth 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 “Dartmouth Castle”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.