Wark on Tweed Castle
Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle, is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the west end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Carham Castle”, “Wark Castle”, and “Wark Castle motte and bailey castle and artillery fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coldstream Cottage Hospital and Coldstream Library.
Coldstream Cottage Hospital
Clinic
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coldstream Cottage Hospital was a community hospital located at Coldstream in Scotland. It was managed by NHS Borders. Coldstream Cottage Hospital is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Wark on Tweed Castle.
Coldstream Library
Library
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coldstream Library is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wark on Tweed Castle.
Carham Hall
Building
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carham Hall is a grade II listed building near Carham in Northumberland, England. The site, on the Scottish border, was previously occupied by a medieval tower house, built as a defence from border reivers. Carham Hall is situated 1¼ miles west of Wark on Tweed Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wark on Tweed and Coldstream.
Wark on Tweed
Village
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wark or Wark on Tweed is a village in the English county of Northumberland. It lies about 15 mi south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It is on the south bank of the River Tweed, which marks the border between England and Scotland.
Coldstream
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coldstream is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the namesake of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army, so called because they marched from Coldstream to help restore the British Monarchy in 1660.
Carham
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carham or Carham on Tweed is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the south side of the River Tweed about 3 miles west of Coldstream. Carham is situated 1½ miles west of Wark on Tweed Castle.
Wark on Tweed Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Carham, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.6416° or 55° 38′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.28133° or 2° 16′ 53″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9C7VJPR9+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 242883132OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wark on Tweed Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wark on Tweed Castle”
- German: “Wark-on-Tweed Castle”
- Japanese: “ウォークオンツィード城”
- Swedish: “Wark on Tweed 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 “Wark on Tweed Castle”. Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.