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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- 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 Dartmouth Arms Public House.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 500 feet northwest of Bayard’s Cove Fort.
Dartmouth Arms Public House
Pub
Dartmouth Arms Public House is situated 380 feet north of Bayard’s Cove Fort.
Bayards Cove Inn
Pub
Bayards Cove Inn is a pub, which is situated 400 feet north of Bayard’s Cove Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galmpton and Churston Ferrers.
Galmpton
Village
Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galmpton is a semi-rural village in Torbay, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of Churston Ferrers, though some areas historically considered parts of Galmpton, such as Greenway and Galmpton Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. Galmpton is situated 3½ miles north of Bayard’s Cove Fort.
Churston Ferrers
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Churston Ferrers is situated 3½ miles northeast of Bayard’s Cove Fort.
Brixham
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825.
Bayard’s Cove Fort
- Categories: castle, fort, and historic site
- Location: Dartmouth, South Hams District, English Riviera and South Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34784° or 50° 20′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.57753° or 3° 34′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C2R8CXC+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2437683760OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q812103
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Bayard’s Cove Fort” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “比亞斯歌堡”
- German: “Bayard’s Cove Fort”
- German: “Bayards Cove Fort”
- Turkish: “Bayard’s Cove Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Barnabus and Dartmouth Yacht Club Steps.
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