Bampton Castle
Bampton Castle in the parish of Bampton, Devon was the seat of the feudal barony of Bampton. It is located on a spur that overlooks the River Batherm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lobsterthermidor, Public domain.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bampton Castle, Devon” and “Bampton The Mote”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels and Bridge House Hotel.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Bampton Castle.
Bridge House Hotel
Restaurant
Photo: Rob Purvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridge House Hotel is a restaurant, which is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Bampton Castle.
Quarryman’s Rest
Guest house
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quarryman’s Rest is a guest house, which is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Bampton Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bampton and Shillingford.
Bampton
Town
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a small town and parish in northeast Devon, England, on the River Batherm, a tributary of the River Exe. It is about 6 miles north of Tiverton, 19 miles north of Exeter and the parish borders Somerset on its north-east and north-west sides.
Shillingford
Village
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shillingford is a village two miles northeast of Bampton on the River Batherm in Mid Devon, England, close to the border with West Somerset. It is near the Exe Valley. Shillingford is situated 1½ miles northeast of Bampton Castle.
Cove
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cove is a small village in the county of Devon, England. It is 4 miles north of Tiverton and 2 miles from Bampton in the Exe Valley some 450 feet above sea level. Cove is situated 2 miles south of Bampton Castle.
Bampton Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bampton, Mid Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.99275° or 50° 59′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.48543° or 3° 29′ 8″ westElevation
404 feet (123 metres)Open location code
9C2RXGV7+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 3251049083OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bampton Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bampton The Mote”
- German: “Bampton Castle”
- Swedish: “Bampton The Mote”
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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 “Bampton Castle”. Photo: Lobsterthermidor, Public domain.