Liddell Strength Castle
Liddell Strength Castle is a castle in Kirkandrews, Cumberland, England. Liddell Strength Castle is situated nearby to the village Canonbie, as well as near Rowanburn.- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Liddel Strength” and “Liddel Strength Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castra Exploratorum and Netherby Hall.
Castra Exploratorum
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castra Exploratorum was a Roman fort and associated substantial civil settlement now in the grounds of Netherby Hall, Cumbria. It was first built by Agricola during his conquest of the north in around 80 AD. Castra Exploratorum is situated 1½ miles south of Liddell Strength Castle.
Netherby Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Netherby Hall is a manor estate, which is situated 1½ miles south of Liddell Strength Castle.
Coop House
Chalet
Photo: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coop House, near Netherby in Cumbria, England, is a small building by the River Esk, erected about 1772 as part of a salmon fishery project, and restored in the 1990s by the Landmark Trust. Coop House is situated 2 miles southwest of Liddell Strength Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canonbie and Rowanburn.
Canonbie
Village
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Canonbie is a small village in Dumfriesshire within the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 6 miles south of Langholm and 2 miles north of the Anglo-Scottish border.
Rowanburn
Village
Photo: Brian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rowanburn is a hamlet in Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located near Canonbie, it sits around 5 miles south-east of Langholm and about a mile from the Anglo-Scottish border. Rowanburn is situated 2 miles north of Liddell Strength Castle.
Longtown
Town
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis. Longtown is situated 3½ miles south of Liddell Strength Castle.
Liddell Strength Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kirkandrews, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Liddell Strength Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Liddell Strength Castle”
- Swedish: “Liddell Strength Castle”
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