‘The Castles’ (camp)
‘The Castles’ (camp) is an archaeological site in South Bedburn, County Durham, England. ‘The Castles’ (camp) is situated nearby to the forest Burnlea Row Wood, as well as near the locality Bedburn.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in South Bedburn, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Castles”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hamsterley Baptist Chapel and Harperley POW Camp 93.
Hamsterley Baptist Chapel
Church
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamsterley Baptist Chapel is a church, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of ‘The Castles’ (camp).
Harperley POW Camp 93
Photo: Rolyat29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham in the northeast of England. Harperley POW Camp 93 is situated 2 miles northeast of ‘The Castles’ (camp).
Hamsterley War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: GRAEME and LESLEY CRANSTON, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamsterley War Memorial is situated 1½ miles southeast of ‘The Castles’ (camp).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedburn and Hamsterley.
Bedburn
Locality
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedburn is a village in County Durham, in England. It is in the civil parish of South Bedburn, near Hamsterley, and Hamsterley Forest. The Bedburn Beck a tributary of the River Wear, flows past the village.
Hamsterley
Village
Hamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of Bishop Auckland. The village lies on a rise above the upper reaches of the Wear valley.
Fir Tree
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fir Tree is a village in County Durham, in England. It is west of Crook, near the River Wear. Fir Tree has a petrol station and two pubs: The Duke of York and The Fir Tree Country Hotel. Fir Tree is situated 2½ miles east of ‘The Castles’ (camp).
‘The Castles’ (camp)
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Bedburn, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.69266° or 54° 41′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.84079° or 1° 50′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C6WM5V5+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 429432057OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17647570
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burnlea Row Wood and Dryderdale.
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