West Country
Devon
Exeter District

Rougemont Castle

Rougemont Castle, also known as Exeter Castle, is the historic castle of the city of , Devon, England. It was built into the northern corner of the Roman city walls starting in or shortly after the year 1068, following Exeter's rebellion against William the Conqueror.
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Photo: Juan J. Martínez, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rougemont Gardens and Exeter Mathematics School.

Park
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
is an ornamental open space adjacent to Rougemont Castle in the city of , , England. It is Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

College
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
is a maths school located in in the English county of . It opened in September 2014 under the free schools initiative and is sponsored by Exeter College and the University of Exeter.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the most central of the stations in the city of , , United Kingdom. It is 171 miles 30 chains down the line from . is situated 570 feet northwest of Rougemont Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Exeter and Livery Dole.

Photo: XRay, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the county town of and historically the administrative capital of the south-west peninsula. A historic mid-sized cathedral city with a good blend of arts, education, retail and history.

Locality
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in , Devon, is an ancient triangular site between what is today Heavitree Road and Magdalen Road, in the eastern suburbs of Exeter. It was most notoriously used as a place for executions, and has contained an almshouse and chapel since 1591.

Suburb
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an historic parish and manor in , England, which today is a north-western suburb of the City of Exeter. Its name is derived from the , which forms its eastern boundary.

Rougemont Castle

Latitude
50.72602° or 50° 43′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.53027° or 3° 31′ 49″ west
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Open location code
9C2RPFG9+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1058296026
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6287073
Wiki­data ID
Q7370785
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rougemont Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Rougemont Castle”
  • Danish: “Rougemont Castle”
  • German: “Rougemont Castle”
  • Hungarian: “Exeteri vár”
  • Japanese: “エクセター城”
  • Japanese: “ルージュモント城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Exeter”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Rougemont”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Rougemont”
  • Swedish: “Rougemont 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 “Rougemont Castle”. Photo: Juan J. Martínez, CC BY-SA 2.0.