Etal Castle

Etal Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of , , England. It was built around 1341 by Robert Manners, and comprised a residential tower, a gatehouse and a corner tower, protected by a curtain wall.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in Ford, Northumberland, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Etal Castle tower house”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Etal Castle Gate Tower, South Curtain Wall And South West Tower and Church of St Mary the Virgin.

Castle
Photo: Shermozle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,200 feet east of Etal Castle.

Pub
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub, which is situated 700 feet northeast of Etal Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Etal and Crookham.

Village
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
is a small village in the far north of the county of , England, in the civil parish of . It lies on a bridging point of the ten miles south west of , and includes the substantial ruins of the medieval Castle, now owned by English Heritage.

Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the in , in . It is situated approximately 8 km to the east of and 14 km northwest of .

Photo: j lord, CC BY 2.0.
are neighbouring villages in , which together with Crookham have a population of 500. They're separate villages around their own castle, but "Ford and Etal" is the name of the landholding estate.

Etal Castle

Latitude
55.64732° or 55° 38′ 50″ north
Longitude
-2.12052° or 2° 7′ 14″ west
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9C7VJVWH+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 344726905
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287006
Wiki­data ID
Q1981061
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Etal Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Etal Castle”
  • Chinese: “依投城堡”
  • Danish: “Etal Castle”
  • Dutch: “Etal Castle”
  • French: “Château d’Etal”
  • German: “Etal Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Итал”
  • Swedish: “Etal Castle”
  • Turkish: “Etal Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “замок Італ”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Італ”
  • Uzbek: “Ital qal’asi”

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