Bayard’s Cove Fort

Bayard's Cove Fort, also known historically as Berescove or Bearscore Castle, is an English 16th-century artillery blockhouse, built to defend the harbour entrance at Dartmouth in Devon.

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Type: Ruins
Description: castle in Devon, England, UK
Also known as: “Bayard’s Cove Castle” and “Bearscove Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Kingswear railway station.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 500 feet northwest of Bayard’s Cove Fort.

Kingswear railway station

Railway station

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Kingswear railway station is the terminus of the Dartmouth Steam Railway, a heritage railway in Devon, England. It is situated in the centre of Kingswear, on the shores of the River Dart opposite Dartmouth. Kingswear railway station is situated 1,300 feet east of Bayard’s Cove Fort.

Bayards Cove Inn

Pub

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Bayards Cove Inn is a pub, which is situated 400 feet north of Bayard’s Cove Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Townstal and Bowden.

Townstal

Neighborhood

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Townstal is an historic manor and parish on elevated ground now forming part of the western suburbs of the town of Dartmouth, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England.

Bowden

Hamlet

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Bowden is a hamlet in the parish of Stoke Fleming in the South Hams district of Devon, England, about 1 mile west of Stoke Fleming. Bowden House was the seat of the Netherton family from about 1750. Bowden is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bayard’s Cove Fort.