Bowes Castle
Bowes Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Bowes in County Durham, England. Built within the perimeter of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae, on the Roman road that is now the A66, the early timber castle on the site was replaced by a more substantial stone structure between 1170 and 1174 on the orders of Henry II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lavatrae and The Ancient Unicorn Hotel And Attached Rear Wing (Shown On Os Map As Unicorn House).
Lavatrae
Archaeological site
Lavatrae, also known as Lavatris, was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Bowes, County Durham, England. The medieval Bowes Castle was built within the perimeter of the fort.
The Ancient Unicorn Hotel And Attached Rear Wing (Shown On Os Map As Unicorn House)
Pub
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ancient Unicorn Hotel And Attached Rear Wing (Shown On Os Map As Unicorn House) is a pub, which is situated 890 feet east of Bowes Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowes and Gilmonby.
Bowes
Village
Photo: Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowes is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle. In 2021 the parish had a population of 442.
Gilmonby
Hamlet
Gilmonby is a village in the Pennines in County Durham, England. it is situated a short distance to the south of Bowes, in the vicinity of Barnard Castle.
Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs
Locality
Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of south-west County Durham, England. The site covers a gorge in the valley of Sleightholme Beck between the hamlet of Sleightholme and the confluence with the River Greta, some 3 km upriver from the village of Bowes. Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs is situated 2 miles southwest of Bowes Castle.
Bowes Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in County Durham, England, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bowes, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.51677° or 54° 31′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.01347° or 2° 0′ 49″ westElevation
968 feet (295 metres)Operator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C6VGX8P+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 150267433OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bowes Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bowes Castle”
- Chinese: “寶華城堡”
- Danish: “Bowes Castle”
- Finnish: “Bowesin linna”
- French: “château de Bowes”
- French: “Château de Bowes”
- German: “Bowes Castle”
- Swedish: “Bowes 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 “Bowes Castle”. Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.