Rougemont Castle
Rougemont Castle in the manor of Harewood, in the parish of Weeton, North Yorkshire, England, is a ruined ringwork castle, now largely hidden within a small woodland within the grounds of Hawthorne House Farm, south east of the village of Weeton, above the north bank of the River Wharfe, where the river turns in a right-angle at its confluence with Weeton Beck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: castle in Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Rougemont Castle ringwork and bailey and associated fishponds and outwork”, “Rougemont Castle, Weeton”, and “Rougemont near Weeton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weeton railway station and Lady Bridge.
Weeton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rcsprinter123, CC BY 3.0.
Weeton railway station serves the villages of Weeton and Huby in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line 11.5 miles north of Leeds and operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. Weeton railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rougemont Castle.
Lady Bridge
Bridge
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Lady Bridge is situated 1 mile southeast of Rougemont Castle.
Harewood Castle
Ruins
Photo: TJBlackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harewood Castle is a 14th-century stone hall house and courtyard fortress, located on the Harewood Estate, Harewood, in West Yorkshire, England. Harewood Castle is a grade I listed building. Harewood Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Rougemont Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weeton and Dunkeswick.
Weeton
Village
Weeton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Widetun /Wideton and seems to derive from Old English wiðig 'willow' and tūn 'settlement, estate, farm', thus meaning 'willow farm'.
Dunkeswick
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunkeswick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkby Overblow, in North Yorkshire, England, just north of the River Wharfe, off the A61, around a kilometre north of Harewood and two kilometres south of Kirkby Overblow.
Weardley
Hamlet
Photo: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weardley is a village on the Harewood Estate in the parish of Harewood, at the northern edge of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Harewood ward of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Council.
Rougemont Castle
- Categories: ringwork castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kirkby Overblow, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.91216° or 53° 54′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.55157° or 1° 33′ 6″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C5WWC6X+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 367967952OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rougemont Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rougemont near Weeton”
- Swedish: “Rougemont near Weeton”
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